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> The foreign relations committee of the Kurdistan Workers' Party on Sunday condemned certain Swedish officials who have made statements accusing the Kurdistan freedom movement of recruiting people and raising funds for terrorist activity.
> "We would like to state from the outset that the PKK is a political party that works for the liberation of Kurdistan and the freedom of the Kurdish people, and it has paid a great price for this," the PKK said in a statement.
> The PKK in its statement particularly addressed Sweden's chief negotiator Oscar Stenström who has been leading efforts to bypass Turkey's veto power in NATO. "In an interview with a Swedish radio channel, Mr. Stenström said that our party was financed by a number of criminals in Sweden who are involved in crimes such as extortion, weapons and drugs, and mentioned the name Kurdish Fox," the PKK said.
Don't get me wrong, screw Erdogan and what Turkey does to the Kurdish people, but they also didn't exactly pull that out of their backside, did they?
The PKK is designated a terrorist organization by various countries (such as the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand), as well as the EU, for a reason.
They have a history of suicide bombings, killing swathes of civilians and operating with child soldiers. I can't help but feel sympathy for their general cause and when putting the methods aside, but their claim that they're just a political party is laughable.
autotldr t1_jae9qnt wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 76%. (I'm a bot)
> The foreign relations committee of the Kurdistan Workers' Party on Sunday condemned certain Swedish officials who have made statements accusing the Kurdistan freedom movement of recruiting people and raising funds for terrorist activity.
> "We would like to state from the outset that the PKK is a political party that works for the liberation of Kurdistan and the freedom of the Kurdish people, and it has paid a great price for this," the PKK said in a statement.
> The PKK in its statement particularly addressed Sweden's chief negotiator Oscar Stenström who has been leading efforts to bypass Turkey's veto power in NATO. "In an interview with a Swedish radio channel, Mr. Stenström said that our party was financed by a number of criminals in Sweden who are involved in crimes such as extortion, weapons and drugs, and mentioned the name Kurdish Fox," the PKK said.
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