S.O.S KURDISTAN

[Piling]

Just begin to read it. Funny

OSS 117 is the French alter-ego of James Bond (an American agent with French origins). Seems that JFK was a fan of him.

[Londoner]

Sounds interesting. Please tell us more about it.

[Anthea]

I have not managed to find the book in English but I have found a couple of videos on Amazon UK

OSS 117 - Cairo Nest Of Spies [2007] [DVD]

OSS 117: Lost in Rio [DVD] [2009]

A much wider selection of titles on Amazon.com

[Piling]

When I finish the book, I will write a whole survey of the story, which happens in Turkey and Bakur, probably around 1989-1990 (Halabja is mentioned but not the Gulf War).

First chapters :

Russian missiles hit Turkish military targets, but the missiles might have been used by Kurds, stolen or smuggled. So OSS 117 went to Kurdistan as a so called archeologist to infiltrate the Kurds (called Peshmergas not guerilla) and to learn what is that plot pushing Kurds to revolt in the aim to destabilize the area (it is before the big dirty war against the PKK).

The American is assisted by a Kurdish Princess from Bitlis but Dersimi, from a Kemalist family but patriot (so it might be an Alevi but no). She is against a revolt because it will provoke another genocide of her people (like Dersim in 1938). So they will try to discover who is behind all that

The Kurdish Princess called Kenize is very very beautiful, very very hot and sexy, expert in military and spying science, she drinks wine, and after 2 weeks, she decides to make love with the handsome OSS 117 who constates that "though she is a Kurd, she is not a Mary's daughter".

(means a young virgin devoted to Mary and then innocent as a nun).

As CIA is helping Turks, the agent has to prevent a Kurdish rebellion but he does not like Turkish State very much. Appreciations about Kurds are positive : beautiful clothes, strong and noble women, mad but brave young warriors, etc. But poor nomadic losers, without any chance to win if they fight.

I read some years ago another French spy novel about Öcalan's capture and it was quite the same : CIA agents fight PKK because Turkey member of NATO but they feel pity for Kurds and their rights:

https://www.amazon.fr/SAS-contre-PKK-G% ... 2360532987

I will write a survey also of this spy novel, written just after Öcalan's capture. The author visited PKK associations for collecting informations and he made a funny portrait of Öcalan's female assistant (the older who was with him in Kenya, called Dîlan in reality)

It would be interesting now to read new spy novels with the different place of Kurds (KRG, PYD, etc) in American policy.

[Anthea]

Thank you

Looking forward to reading your survey of both stories

Is there more about Ocalan and the PKK written in French than English?

[Londoner]

Many thanks dear Piling.