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The hegemonic powers also used religion and nationalism to preserve their supremacy. In all parts of Kurdistan, Islam is a state religion used as a tool for controlling the population. Even if these regimes embrace secularism, the entanglement of political and religious institutions is obvious.

— Abdullah Öcalan The Political Thought of Abdullah Ocalan (2017)

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States only administrate, while democracies govern.

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The democratic system is at least as important as scientific and technological superiority. Feeding off each other, they both became strong and achieved the status of world civilisation.

Sexism, just as nationalism, is an ideology through which power is generated and nation-states are built. Sexism is not a function of biological differences.

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When the woman marries, she is in fact enslaved. It is impossible to imagine another institution that enslaves like marriage.

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There can be no respect for a family that is established on ignorance. In the construction of a democratic civilization, the role of the family is vital.

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