I realize PKK had strong soviet influence in ideology when it was formed in 1978. They’ve moved away from that since 1999 & have since moved towards Kurdish Nationalism and since 2005 their leader publicly stated that their reformed stance espouses a ‘democractic confederalism’. There was a peace process with Turkey in 2012-13. But since ISIS and Erdogan’s continuous refusal to help the Kurds, that fragile peace process has fallen apart. To continue to alienate PKK & their Syrian affiliate YPG will only add fuel to fire. This situation involves the actions 2 parties, Turkey and the Kurds, not just PKK.
Let me also add that the history of Turks killing and/or exiling thousands of Kurds in Turkey starts in at least the late 1930’s; that’s way before PKK ever existed. There is some very bad-blood between the Turks and Kurds. And, yes, PKK is the most militant Kurdish group, and I don’t agree with their methods, but it really takes 2 parties to manage the situation.
I actually looked them up on Wikipedia (granted, not the most reliable of sources) and noticed "democratic confederalism" listed as one of their ideologies. However, others listed included socialism and feminism, and they are still labeled as "far left."
Why do these ancient non-western cultures take to western Marxism and feminism so easily? It just doesn't make any sense.