Page 271 - America's Failure to Perceive the PKK

When Öcalan called on the PKK to convene an extraordinary con-
gress for abandoning its weapons, as a part of the process that came
to be known as the solution process, it was received with jubilation by
some circles both inside and outside Turkey. However, everyone has
seen by now that things weren't as they seemed. The PKK, not even
once, kept its promise of laying down its weapons throughout its his-
tory and it will not do so in the future, either.

The PKK declared its first unilateral ceasefire on March 20, 1993

and extended it for another two months after the initial deadline
expired. However, it never conformed to it. In 1993, during this so-
called ceasefire period, 715 officials and 1,479 civilians lost their lives
in terror attacks by the PKK.

The PKK once again declared a ceasefire on September 1, 1998 on
the occasion of World Peace Day, during which the PKK martyred
some 500 people.

On September 1, 1999, Öcalan in İmralı urged the PKK to drop its
weapons but the PKK resumed its armed actions in June 2004 on the
grounds that "their demands were not met," because it had never
actually laid down its weapons.

During the so-called "no-weapons period" between 1999 and
2004, the number of martyrs according to official reports was 604.

The PKK has never given up
- and will never give up - its
guns unless its ideology
collapses. In history, com-
munist dictators have
always acquired their domi-
nance by force. The only
reason the PKK was able to
come to the urban areas
and find European interlocu-
tors was its weapons.

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