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We will investigate and examine Marxism and Leninism in the
classic sense. We will perform a general analysis of the world,
the Middle East and Turkey guided by these ideologies. On the
basis of that perspective, East and Southeast Anatolia (North Kur-
distan) are in the position of a colony. Turkey is a colonialist state.
Moreover, the other parts of Kurdistan, are also under colonial
rule of Iran, Iraq and Syria. 8

Other written documents setting out the PKK's goals are the Path
of the Kurdistan Revolution (Manifesto) published in 1978 and Party
Program. The PKK's objective is summarized as follows in the Party
Program, or rather the Draft drawn up by Öcalan:

Kurdistan is divided into four by four colonialist states, Turkey,
Iran, Iraq and Syria. The largest part is Turkish Kurdistan. Semi-
feudal relations apply here. Turkish Kurdistan will be in the van-
guard of the revolution. The characteristic of this revolution is
a democratic revolution of the nation. The minimum objective
is to build an independent, democratic and united Kurdistan

by overthrowing colonialism. The maximum objective is to
establish a state founded on Marxist-Leninist principles.
The proletariat is the force that will lead the revolution. The basic
force in the revolution is the peasant. The basic alliance is the one
between the peasant, the worker and the intellectual. 9

The Statutes, published at the same time, set out the basic char-

acter of the party to be set up to realize the objectives described in the
program. The entire ideology of the organization, which describes itself
as Marxist-Leninist in the Manifesto, the Program and the Statutes is
built on the concepts of "force and colonialism". Accordingly, the utmost
revolutionary violence must be employed against the colonialist powers
and those colonialist powers must be compelled to recognize the orga-
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nization. Engels' "Theory of Force" was taken as a basis and the state-

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