Kurdistan Workers Party statement
Following are excerpts from a Feb. 19 message from the
leadership of the Kurdistan Workers Party:
It is common knowledge that the leader of our party, Mr.
Abdullah Ocalan, has been subjected to an international
conspiracy, starting in October 1998 and culminating in the
multi-government piracy that hijacked him to Turkey.
Many governments, to varying degrees, share the
responsibility in this shameful act. Leaders among them are
several European governments and the American government.
These are the forces who are behind the developments; they
are also the forces who can rectify the injustice just
committed. ...
Our party and our people are absolutely determined to reject
any attempts toward a solution that does not clearly and
directly involve our legitimate leader. We want to make our
message very clear: Any effort to create a PKK without Mr.
Ocalan, or a resolution to the Kurdish issue without the PKK,
will prove to be utterly futile. ...
Today, our entire nation is engaged in an act of protest and
defiance, primarily in our motherland Kurdistan, but also
throughout Turkey and Europe. This noble action is essential
for the preservation of national culture, honor and unity, and
has been directly authorized by our leader Mr. Ocalan. ...
To the noble and heroic people of Kurdistan:
The phase we are passing through is not a phase of
hopelessness, but a phase of hope. Our leader Mr. Ocalan has
said years ago, "My dead body will be more valuable than
alive,"and he has prepared our people and our party by
educating us on this basis. ...
We are confident that the future developments will favor our
people. Our unfailing determination to keep on fighting until
ultimate success is, and will be, our primary weapon.
Today, there is a single goal that governs our struggle,
actions and lives: International security and international
trial of our national leader Mr. Ocalan.
Long live our national honor, leader Apo. Long live our
party the PKK. Long live the brave Kurdish nation and its brave
sons and daughters who reached martyrdom on its behalf.
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