A book written by PKK official Semdin Sakik, who is sentenced to life prison, included confessions by a woman militant of PKK alias Tekosin. Tekosin tells about her experiences at the home of PKK leader Ocalan in Damascus and says that "They took us to the home of the leader under the name intensified training.

The girls who were there for 3 months left their duty to us. While leaving they told us, "Your number-one duty is to make Ocalan happy. You will appear sexy to him. You will go to bed whenever he wants. Do not approach your leader as a woman with high morals. Everything you have, belongs to him. He does not like woman putting on airs.