MIT and KDP propaganda smear campaign collapses
In a concerted propaganda campaign, MIT (Turkish Intelligence Services) and KDP tried to connect the “PKK, YPG / YPJ and SDF” with “child abductions”. Investigative media showed that the children are at home.

Media portals closed to the KDP secret service Parastin spread the news on 4 January: “Identity of 25 children kidnapped by the PKK revealed”. By PKK, the KDP media actually meant the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the people's and women's defense units YPG and YPJ. Investigative journalists from Proaktif Atölye (@proaktifatolye) followed up on the report and made contact with the allegedly kidnapped "children" and their families.
The journalists found that the vast majority of the allegedly abducted children were in fact at home with their families. Several children had wanted to join the people’s forces but had been turned away because of their young age.
The Proaktif Atolye statement said: “The PKK kidnapped children? Do the SDF, YPJ and YPG forcibly recruit children? We have checked the allegations spread by circles around MIT-KDP-ENKS and published by some media and met with the allegedly kidnapped children and young people and their families."
Some of the results of the investigation report are as follows:
The allegedly kidnapped Diyar Fuad Ehmed said: “I was not kidnapped, I left of my own free will. Despite my insistence, they [the people’s forces] sent me home again. I'll go again when I'm 18.” Diyar’s mother added: “My son is at home and goes to school regularly."
His father indignantly remarked:" I curse this slander by such people who have sold themselves."
PKK çocukları mı kaçırıyor?
— Proaktif ATÖLYE (@ProaktifAtolye) January 14, 2021
QSD, YPJ ve YPG çocukları zorla silah altına mı alıyor?
MİT-KDP-ENKS çevrelerinin ve kimi gazetecilerin yoğunca iddia ettiği bu konuyu sizler için derledik.
Kaçırıldığı iddia edilen çocuklar ve aileleri ile görüştük.
Röportajların tam hali flood'ta pic.twitter.com/GcbS8HDuiB
Lina Abdulbaki, who was also allegedly kidnapped, said: “I wanted to join the friends [YPJ] to fight ISIS. When the friends realized that I was too young, they sent me home."
Lina's father, who is with the SDF, said: "Are you telling me that I kidnap my daughter then? I am myself with the SDF. If these claims were correct, I would have kidnapped my daughter with my own hand."
Kaçırıldığı iddia edilen Lina Abdulbaki ve babası:
— Proaktif ATÖLYE (@ProaktifAtolye) January 14, 2021
Lina: "DAİŞ'le savaşmak için arkadaşlara katılmak istedim. Arkadaşlar yaşımın küçük olduğunu fark edince beni eve gönderdi"
Babası: "Ben kendim QSD üyesiyim. Bu iddialar doğruysa demek ki ben kendi elimle kızımı kaçırmışım" pic.twitter.com/C08knvrgo9
Allegedly kidnapped Cûdî Adnan said: “I went of my own free will. The friends said I could come when I grew up. The door of the party is always open to us." Cûdî's mother added: "The children see for themselves that war is being waged against the Kurds on all sides and they contact the YPG out of their own will."
Kaçırıldığı iddia edilen Cudi Adnan ve annesi:
— Proaktif ATÖLYE (@ProaktifAtolye) January 14, 2021
Cudi: "Kendi irademle gittim. Arkadaşlar ne zaman büyürsen o zaman gelebilirsin, dedi. Partinin kapısı bize her zaman açıktır"
Annesi: "Her taraftan Kürtlere savaş açıldığını gören çocuklar kendi iradeleriyle YPG'ye ulaşıyorlar" pic.twitter.com/ih6Gm0w1uT
Another alleged kidnapping victim is Ronîdar Darî. Her application for membership was also not approved due to her young age. She confirmed: “I went to the YPJ at my own request. They rejected me because I was too young.”
Kaçırıldığı iddia edilen Ronida Dari ve annesi:
— Proaktif ATÖLYE (@ProaktifAtolye) January 14, 2021
Ronida: "Kendi rızamla YPJ'nin yanına gittim. Küçük olduğum için beni geri çevirdiler"
Annesi: "Bir çocuk tökezlese bile basında Apocular onu düşürdü diye yayıyorlar. Halkı partiden uzaklaştırmak için psikolojik savaş yapıyorlar" pic.twitter.com/f1pjc2qZiQ
The father of the allegedly kidnapped Fethi Mihemed said: “Eight months ago our son left. He left of his own free will. He stayed for 12 or 13 days. The friends brought him back. Now he's here.”
His mother adde: “Thank God. They sent our son back. Now he is at home in his village and works."
Kaçırıldığı iddia edilen Fethi Mihemed'in ailesi:
— Proaktif ATÖLYE (@ProaktifAtolye) January 14, 2021
Babası: "Sekiz ay önce çocuğumuz gitti. Kendi iradesiyle gitti. 12-13 gün kaldı. Arkadaşlar alıp getirdi. Şimdi oğlumuz buradadır"
Annesi: "Allah razı olsun. Oğlumuzu geri yolladılar. Şimdi evinde, köyünde, işinde ve gücündedir" pic.twitter.com/5uHncDhxSg
Esrin Mihemedi's father from East Kurdistan said he was forced by the Iranian regime to sign documents that his daughter was kidnapped. He then fled to South Kurdistan. He says: “My daughter joined herself. She fell in the bombing by the Turkish army. Do not believe the lies of these criminals."
İnfaz edildiği iddia edilen Esrin Mihemedi'nin babası:
— Proaktif ATÖLYE (@ProaktifAtolye) January 14, 2021
"Kızım kendisi katıldı. İşgalci Türk ordusunun bombardımanında şehit düştü. Zalimlerin hilelerine inanmayın"
NOT: İran aileye kızlarının kaçırıldığına dair zorla bir belge imzalatmış, aile güneye göç etmek zorunda kalmıştır pic.twitter.com/EKjiw3OMa0
Statements from many other young people and from parents, including the alleged kidnapped Hêlîn Fehd, Rênas Tahir, Kewser Eli and Dijwar Xelil, can be found in the investigative feature carried out by Proaktif Atölye. The families interviewed all confirmed the kidnapping reports are a propaganda campaign by the secret service.