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The Kurdish revolution in Syria

August 12, 2012 - Kafa Safra, Efrin, Syria: Syrian Kurdish men hang a banner with a picture of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader, Abdullah Öcalan, during the funeral of PKK fighter taking place near the village of Kafra Safra. Around five thousand Syrian Kurdish attended the funeral and ceremony of martyrdom of Taliz Gadalum, killed days earlier during combat against the Turkish army...PKK has been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights for the Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. Founded on 27 November 1978 in the village of Fis, was led by Abdullah Öcalan. The PKK's ideology was originally a fusion of revolutionary socialism and Kurdish nationalism - although since his imprisonment, Öcalan has abandoned orthodox Marxism. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, the European Union and NATO. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)

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Syria: The Kurdish revolution
August 12, 2012 - Kafa Safra, Efrin, Syria: Syrian Kurdish men hang a banner with a picture of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader, Abdullah Öcalan, during the funeral of PKK fighter taking place near the village of Kafra Safra. Around five thousand Syrian Kurdish attended the funeral and ceremony of martyrdom of Taliz Gadalum, killed days earlier during combat against the Turkish army...PKK has been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights for the Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. Founded on 27 November 1978 in the village of Fis, was led by Abdullah Öcalan. The PKK's ideology was originally a fusion of revolutionary socialism and Kurdish nationalism - although since his imprisonment, Öcalan has abandoned orthodox Marxism. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, the European Union and NATO. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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