Chapter 645 Support for Öcalan

Abdullah Öcalan was born in 1949 in a small village in Halfati County, Urfa Province, southeastern Turkey. He entered the Law Department of Istanbul University in 1971 and soon transferred to the Political Science Department of Ankara University. While in school, his thoughts gradually became radical. In 1972, he participated in protests and was arrested. He was released after seven months in prison.

After that, Ocalan's political struggle became more radical. In 1978, Ocalan founded the Kurdistan Workers' Party and was elected as the general secretary. Soon after, Ocalan fled Turkey, established armed forces abroad, established a political academy, and launched guerrilla warfare with the government. From then on, Ocalan commanded members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party to confront the Turkish government abroad. The armed conflict between the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Turkish military and police lasted for 16 years, becoming a major concern for successive Turkish governments.

Now, Ocalan is still a young man full of vigor and vitality. In his mind, the ideal of the Kurds to establish a country has always been extremely firm! In order for the Kurds to establish a country, they must persist in the struggle!

The road is bumpy, but the future is bright. The Turkish government persecutes the Kurds, denies and erases all the history of the Kurds, and even claims that there are no Kurds in Turkey, only mountain Turks! This is absolutely intolerable!

The army is constantly expanding, but if they want to truly confront the Turkish government, their strength is far from enough, they must have other options!

Fortunately, this opportunity finally came!

After leaving Türkiye, Ocalan has been in Syria. This time, he ventured back to Türkiye, crossed the Turkish border and came to Iran, all to meet an important person!

Türkiye is a NATO country, so the Western world will never support the Kurdistan Workers' Party. Now, if the Kurds in Türkiye want to establish a country, they can only rely on the Soviet Union!

In the past, he relied on Syria, which was actually backed by the Soviet Union. But now, he is directly in contact with the Soviets, and he is one of the most legendary generals among the Soviets!

Ocalan was full of confidence about the meeting. At this moment, crossing the border and walking in the woods, his mood was constantly fluctuating.

"General Secretary, we are just ahead." At this time, a Kurdish soldier said to him that he could see a small village in the valley in the distance, and the scheduled meeting place was there.

"Let's go, let's keep moving forward." Ocalan said. His feet were sore from the rubbing along the way, but his heart was extremely hot.

There were sentries all around the village, and the soldiers of Unit A were guarding the place closely. When they saw Ocalan's men coming, although they showed friendliness, they still checked their bodies. In the end, they only allowed Ocalan to enter.

"I'm sorry, General Andre only invites you to see him. The rest of your entourage, please stay here and have tea." The soldiers of Unit A said to them.

For a moment, Ocalan's entourage was a little dissatisfied. We came all the way here to protect the safety of the general secretary. What if you have a conspiracy? However, Ocalan stopped his entourage's complaints and said, "Well, please lead the way."

The big man Valisi, Andrei's close bodyguard, brought Ocalan through the village and met Andrei in a tent set up on the hillside behind the village.

"General Secretary Öcalan, it's nice to meet you. You've worked hard all the way here." Andrei stood up and shook hands with Öcalan. "I'm very sorry. There have been many emergencies here recently. I have to stay in Tabriz. Otherwise, we could meet in Syria."

Andre's modest attitude made the unpleasantness that had just occurred disappear. Ocalan looked at the young man who was much younger than himself and said, "General Andre, it's nice to meet you. After receiving the official news from Syria, I was looking forward to our meeting. We want to know what kind of support you will provide us."

The PKK mainly relies on financial support from wealthy Kurds living abroad. They don't have any financial resources and live a tight life. So, there is nothing to be embarrassed about for Ocalan, because he came here to ask for something!

Now, it depends on what kind of support the Soviet Union can provide. After all, the Soviet Union is a superpower and has a lot of good things.

"We can provide enough weapons and equipment to organize an army of 20,000 people, including AKM assault rifles and RPG rocket launchers, etc. At the same time, we can also provide 100 T-55 tanks." Andre said: "This assistance is free of charge and you don't need to pay any money."

50,000 troops and equipment! You know, the current PKK has only a few thousand armed forces, and if it expands to 20,000... Ocalan will certainly have the confidence to confront the Turkish government!

Especially, there are tanks! With tanks, our armed forces will become regular troops!

Andrei looked at the other person's eyes and knew that the other party was moved. In fact, these things were just obsolete items placed in the Soviet arsenal.

The Soviet Union has the largest army in the world. At the same time, in order to fight against Western Europe, the speed of updating military equipment is also quite fast. Now the Soviet Union can maintain considerable profits by exporting oil due to the soaring oil prices. For now, there is no need to think about selling these broken arms. Instead of selling them to the third world, it is better to do a favor and give them to those who need these weapons the most.

The Soviet Army fully replaced its equipment with small-caliber rifles AK74, so the original 7 rifles have been eliminated. At the same time, the T-55 tanks were directly thrown into the tank graveyard without even the chance to return to the steelmaking furnace. The Soviet Union had plenty of minerals, and it was better to open new mines for production than to melt the old steel.

Giving it to the Kurdistan Workers' Party will give them even more power and turn them into a military force capable of confronting the Turkish government!

The combat effectiveness of the Turkish army? Just look at the coup in the future. A group of soldiers launched a coup, but they were suppressed by the police. This kind of funny thing can only happen to Turkish people. The Kurds are willing to fight to the death to build their country. Therefore, Andre knew that as long as they were given enough support, they would be able to start an uprising!

The PKK is now struggling, and this is truly a timely help! At the same time, Andre limited the scale of support to 20,000 troops, which was also for his consideration.