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will be a rebuilding in the region and area to which the PKK terrorists
withdraw, and that many more new members will be settled in the places
that the PKK moves out of. In addition, Öcalan says that PKK forces are
already out of the country, and that if necessary these forces can enter the
country and initiate a civil war.

Öcalan particularly emphasizes the idea of a 'self-defense force,' and
armed force parallel to that of the state and allegedly constituted by the

KCK. These illegal groupings, referred to as self-defense forces, intended
to back the establishment of a PKK state and to prepare the people of the
region for war, are a concept that Öcalan commands the organization to
consider.
To summarize;

1. Öcalan speaks of popular and class war, of representing the
Turkish left and of maintaining the Dev Genç revolutionary line.
This shows that he has not relinquished the idea of "building a
state based on Marxist-Leninist principles" as identified by the
Ankara State Security Court prosecutor,

2. He issues commands for work to be done to secure and build
armed terrorist forces for an armed terrorist uprising,

3. He orders the organization's Marxist-Leninist teachings to be
stepped up and spread to the grass roots, and orders an increase in
militant numbers,

4. He wants the people of the region to be prepared for a civil war.

In addition to all this, notes in the press also show there has been no
change in Abdullah Öcalan's ideas about federation and autonomy:

"The Kurds will express and rule themselves freely. It might
create an allergic reaction if we legislate for it now. But it can
happen in the future."

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