Deniz’s Reviews > The Kurdish Women's Movement: History, Theory, Practice > Status Update

“Autonomous organization is crucial for women to retake all that has been stolen from them…” yet she writes like its a given sympathizers will be maimed for their cause. Apo is their feminist hero and Turks are seen as morons who can’t see his light. Reading this while MHP are once again using him like a toy is a reminder of why great leaders don’t create their own cult of personality.

“Theory” allocates the political nature of “decolonization” to the Kurdish struggle due to their statelessness. What if PKK changes their mind and want a state, like they did in the 80s? The author constructs a cult of Apo, an imprisoned “intellectual” through which the Kurdish struggle will deconstruct capitalism & nationalism. Again, no account for loss of innocent lives.

“History” read like Turks were killing and lying an innocent people who were so desparate that they were regularly setting themselves on fire to bring attention to their plight. Perhaps this would’ve been better as a spoken story around a campfire.

I did learn about atrocities commited in Diyarbakir prison amongst causes for PKK’s unfortunately justified self defenses but this doesnt revive innocent lives.