Turkey's Kurdish Question

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.