Bitter has delivered inspirational but often tragic stories. This memoir by a Kurdish revolutionary describes the struggle of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, against the Turkish state. She co-founded the PKK in 1974 and dedicated her life to its cause. On the January 9, 2013 she was assassinated in Paris in circumstances that remain officially unresolved. This describes the first part of her life, leading up to her arrest in 1979, penned as dramatic events unfolded against the backdrop of the Turkish revolutionary ...
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Bitter has delivered inspirational but often tragic stories. This memoir by a Kurdish revolutionary describes the struggle of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, against the Turkish state. She co-founded the PKK in 1974 and dedicated her life to its cause. On the January 9, 2013 she was assassinated in Paris in circumstances that remain officially unresolved. This describes the first part of her life, leading up to her arrest in 1979, penned as dramatic events unfolded against the backdrop of the Turkish revolutionary left. --Publisher's description.
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