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The main reasons for this are as follows:

• Despite adopting the tactic of a cowardly guerrilla war, the PKK
has consistently suffered major losses at the hands of the Turkish mil-
itary, and thus finds it difficult to recruit supporters.

• Öcalan's words stating that "I'm at the disposal of the state"
immediately after his arrest is in fact a clear expression of that forced
change. Öcalan spoke directly to the state and issued statements to the
effect that there would be negotiations with the state, and he reiterated
these during his trial. It is obvious that Öcalan's capture and the events
that took place subsequently are part of a comprehensive and secret
plan on the part of the Western deep state apparatus in the name of

its aim of establishing a Great Kurdistan. As a part of this plan that
was set out beforehand, Öcalan changed his lan-
guage as determined by the West and came to
reluctantly recognize the existence of the
Turkish state.

• This imperialist policy, which began
when the armed struggle failed to produce
results, gradually turned into an endeavor to
slyly take over the whole of the Southeastern
Turkey. It started with the idea of first forcing
the Turkish government to the negotiating

table. In order to do that, it began concen-
trating on democratic talk instead of Marxist
slogans that would only create an allergic
reaction.

• BDP/HDP leaders who reacted neg-
atively to the very word "democracy"
before suddenly became its greatest sup-
porters. Indeed, what Sırrı Süreyya Önder
said during a television show is particu-

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