An increasing number of families in Turkey are protesting against the PKK, asking the terror group to return their children. A former PKK member who dedicated himself to narrating the stories of child soldiers in the PKK ranks reflects on the protests
Aytekin Yilmaz spent 10 years in jail before becoming a full-time writer. After his release, he devoted his life to telling the stories of the children inside the PKK camps.
The PKK's three-decade-long terror campaign against Turkey has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people across the country, including civilians. The group deploys various coercive tactics toAytekin Yilmaz, a former PKK member, spent 10 years in jail before becoming a full-time writer. After his release, he devoted his life to telling the stories of the children inside the PKK camps. Yilmaz recently wrotespoke to him about his book and the ongoing sit-in protest in Diyarbakir.
Children are eventually disappointed when they were forced to keep in line with the organisation's discipline, which is designed for adults. In my book, I told the stories of how some of those who regret joining and want to go back were executed. It’s easy to join an illegal organisation, but hard to leave. It’s even harder for the ones in the mountains. In the fighting zone, the organisation has its own rules.
They’re trying to undermine the stories that I tell in my book saying “Is it really the right time to discuss these issues?” or “who’s benefitting by this book?” , I published papers regarding the 298 children who were killed in the 90s during the clashes between the Turkish state and the organisation. The leftist circles and human rights organisations were not interested in the fact that one-year-olds, three to five-year-olds were killed during PKK attacks on civilians.
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