LI: What is life like in Kurd istan for young people?
Kis a main issue nice is a main issue -be cause the Kurdish youth are forced to fight against their own people. People don't want to join -the Kurdish youth knows the future of the Kurdish population depends on him -so he has a reaction against the army, and what it does to the villages.
Brant i shink it alot or tant to say that a lot of Kurdish youth don't go.
dar: The number who don't go or desert is 300.000 i.e. about half of the army, SO a majority don't go to the army any more. So we could say a majority of Kurdish youth are engaged In the na tional struggle one way or another.
youngsters are forced to become village guards -so they face a dilemma between taking up arms and going to the moun tains, or becoming a vit lage guard, or fleeing from Turkey -so they can't lead a normal life. LI: How do people defend themselves? Frat: People have shet ters in all houses. They defend themselves, or go to other villages/towns when they expect a raid. when they resist. state forces want to burn their village, they have to flee.
ahar: People who re fuse to leave are shot Thousands of young peo ple are in prison -when we say young people we mean young -there are children of 11/12 years old in prison. LI: What kind of demands can Liberation! readers help you campaigning for in Britple doing to support your • irat: The majority of people are young, the future depends on them. We would like them to participate more in politics and stop their government supporting the Turkish Contact the Kurdistan Solidarity Committee, Ainger Road, London, NW3 ЗAT. Tel: 071-586 5892.
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