Bahoz Erdal

Bahoz Erdal is the nom de guerre of the former commander of the popular defense forces, the " guerrilla " of the Kurdish Workers' Party of Kurdistan. He held this post from 2004 to April 2009. Using real name he is called Fahman Husain. In PKK -affiliated, Turkish-language media is his name Fehman Hüseyin. Also it is often called due to his medical studies, Dr. Bahoz Erdal.

Life

Little is known about the life of Bahoz Erdal. He came from Syria, and is the only prominent leader of the PKK from Syria. He studied medicine at Damascus. In 1987 he abandoned his studies and joined the PKK. There he rose in 2004 to guerrilla leader. In 2009 Bahoz Erdal was replaced.

Positions

Fahman Husain (Kurdish; Fehman Huseyn ) aka Bahoz Erdal is present because of his background and his knowledge of languages ​​, especially in Arabic-language media. It published reports with him at Al Jazeera and in the newspapers Al- Hayat and al - Akhbar. Husain is considered a hardliner. So he threatened in October 2007 in connection with a possible cross-border action in Turkey, that the Party bodies of the CHP and the AKP could be the target of attacks by the PKK. It was determined and able to get back at all the same coin, and spoke of a "total resistance " that they would oppose the actions of Turkey. In PKK -affiliated media he calls the Kurdish youth openly on to join the guerrilla movement. In terms of its Syrian homeland Husain said that the Syrian government is planning to infiltrate the Kurdish people and to expel the Kurds or to destroy. This will lead to a war between the two peoples. He is considered the main competitor Murat Karayılans, with which it is to fight a real power struggle for leadership of the PKK, according to press representations.