Turkey's Kurds

<p>The Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) is examined here in this text on Kurdish nationalism. Incorporating recent field-based research results and newly translated material on Abdullah Ocalan the PKK's long-time leader; it explores the nature and the organizational working of the party from its growth in the late 1970s to its recent shrinkage. A variety of issues are addressed including:<br><br>* the views and philosophy of Abdullah Ocalan<br>* the successes and failures of the PKK in bringing about the Kurdish opposition in Turkey<br>* the role of PKK's philosophy of recruitment organizational diligence use of arms and other contextual factors in Kurdish resistance<br>* factors involved in the development of the nationalism of the Kurds in Turkey.<br><br>The text also reappraises the Kurdish movement in Turkey and presents insights into the nature of Kurdish social structure thinking and the particularities of the Kurdish ethnic distinctness.</p>