Page 107 - America's Failure to Perceive the PKK

It will also be of use to clarify the following point; it is certainly
true that in those times in particular, horrifying customs such as not
sending girls to school, marrying them off at an early age, regarding
them as worthless and unimportant and even so-called honor killings
were widespread in the Southeast of Turkey and the PKK has used this
to spread the idea that "if you take up arms, then you will be free". The

majority of young girls in Kurdish villages openly state that they have
been deceived by this image of freedom in order to escape oppression
by the family or the tribe in general. The number of those who man-
aged to return among the ones who have regretted their decision is very
small, because they have generally been threatened or even executed
by the organization.

The presence in the Southeast of Turkey in particular, of
factors such as refusal to send girls to school, marrying
children off at a young age and traditional killings has
always been used as a card by the PKK, and there has
been intense propaganda to the effect that women who
head to the mountains will be "free". Many young women
up in the mountains are either with the organization in
order to free themselves from the feudal system or else
having been kidnapped by it. The PKK is still kidnapping
young people and children in the Southeast of Turkey.

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