Turkey's Kurdish Question

by Barkey, Henri J.; Fuller, Graham E.; Abramowitz, Morton

• ISBN13: 9780847685523
• ISBN10: 0847685527
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The Kurds, one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Middle East, are reasserting their identity-politically and through violence. Turkey's essentially democratic structure and civil society-ideal tools for coping with and incorporating minority challenge-have so far been suspended on this issue, which the government is treating almost exclusively as a security problem to be dealt with by force. This study explores the roots, dimensions, character, and evolution of the problem, offers a range of approaches to a resolution of the conflict, and draws broader parallels between the Kurdish question and other separatist movements worldwide.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi	(4)
Preface	xv
Introduction: Why Turkey Matters	1	(4)
1 Origins of the Problem: The Roots of Kurdish Nationalism	5	(16)
2 Enter the PKK	21	(40)
3 The Building of Kurdish National Consciousness	61	(36)
4 The Kurdish Issue in Turkish Public Opinion	97	(36)
5 Turkish Government Policies in the Southeast	133	(24)
6 The Kurds and Turkish Foreign Policy	157	(22)
7 Toward a Solution of the Kurdish Problem	179	(42)
Conclusion	221	(4)
Index	225	(14)
About the Authors	239