A haven for Kurdish rebels who await the Turks
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"Iraqi Kurds generally sympathize with PKK fighters. It is a force that has been demanding and fighting for the rights of Kurds in Turkey for tens of years now, and the Turks have been very harsh to their Kurdish community by forbidding them from rights,"
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The villagers toast the guerrillas as champions of Kurdish rights. They say they are willing to endure sacrifices as the price of their association with a movement fighting to establish Kurdish self-rule in Turkey and Iran, where they believe their minority's basic privileges are denied.
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Some describe the PKK as a vital trading partner and protector in a lawless area.
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The rebel fighters "respect the people and serve the area. They even supply the area with electricity.
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Kurds speak a distinct language and have a separate culture from that of Turks, Persians and Arabs. They are believed to be the world's largest ethnic group without a state, with a total population estimated at 25 million to 40 million.
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on 2007-10-29 by kropotkin