Liberating life

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The author is primarily recognized for his national liberation struggle against the Turkish state and his role in the peace process between the PKK and Turkey. However, he has also engaged in a profound struggle within the Kurdish community for transformative change, particularly regarding women's freedom. His observations of socialist practices and his theoretical work since the 1970s have led him to conclude that the enslavement of women is the root of all other forms of oppression. This enslavement is not biologically driven but stems from women's historical role as founders of the Neolithic matriarchal system. Consequently, women and society are bound by ideological slavery, coercion, and economic control. He argues that the current dynamics between men and women give rise to various forms of inequality, despotism, and militarism. While male dominance is deeply entrenched, he asserts that men are also enslaved within this system. To genuinely understand concepts like equality, freedom, democracy, and socialism, it is essential to analyze and dismantle the historical structures that oppress women. The exclusion of women from scientific discourse necessitates a radical alternative, emphasizing that the key to resolving social issues lies in a movement for women's freedom, equality, and democracy, rooted in the science of women, or jineolojî in Kurdish.