Tuesday, January 15, 2013

BBC News - Turkey and the PKK: The Kurdish women who take up arms

Turkey and the PKK: The Kurdish women who take up arms
By Yesim Yaprak Yildiz BBC Turkish

The execution-style killing of three women in Paris last week threw a spotlight on the murky struggle between Turkey and its Kurdish rebels. But how did women from such a conservative society rise to prominence in a paramilitary organisation?

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