Tag: Kurdistan
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Abdullah Ocalan: His Life and Legacy (Part 2)
DISCLAIMER: This is part 2 of a series of articles about Abdullah Ocalan. To read part 1, please read here! Into the Trenches In the early 1970s, Ocalan and other Kurdish revolutionaries took the first steps toward building the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Forming from the mixture of Kurdish nationalism and leftist politics at the…
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Abdullah Ocalan: His Life and Legacy
Part 1: Birth of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) On February 15, 1999, Turkish forces captured Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in Kenya. Afterward, the Turkish government placed him in Imrali Island Prison with a life sentence. Initially planning to issue the death penalty, Turkey changed the sentence to life in…
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Interview with Dilovan Perwer, an American Soldier of Kurdish Ethnicity
DISCLAIMER: ANY VIEWS COMMUNICATED BY THE INTERVIEWEE ARE THEIR OWN Where to Belong It’s natural to feel an attachment to where someone grew up. We spend much of our lives there, with many vital aspects of our personalities, from the connections we made to our experiences in school, forming in nearly every period of existence.…
Dengê Çiyayên: Voice of the Mountains 