Contents
Introduction
i / What Is the Proportion of The Citizens of Kurdish Descent to The Population of Turkey? ii / Are People of Kurdish Descent A Separate Homogenous Community? iii / Did Kurds Ever Have Their Own State? iv / Do Kurds Constitute A Separate Nation? v / How Is the Situation of Citizens of Kurdish Descent in Turkey in Comparison with the Kurds of Neighboring Countries?
vi / Do People Who Consider Themselves as Kurds Constitute A Minority in Turkey? vii / Are the Citizens of Kurdish Descent Main Victims of Human Rights Violations in Turkey? viii / Are There Any People of Kurdish Descent Subject to Discrimination in Social, Political and Economic Life? ix / Are the Acts of The State Directed Deliberately Against Its Citizens of Kurdish Descent? x / To What Extent Allegations of Forcible Displacement of The People in Southeastern Turkey Are True?
xi / Is It Forbidden for Kurds In Turkey to Speak in Their Mother Tongue? xii / Is Imprisonment of Some Former Members of Parliament of Kurdish Descent Including Leyla Zana For Their "Political Activities" An Indication of Oppression of The Kurds? xiii / Can the Telecast of Med TV Be Regarded Within the Limits of Freedom of Expression? xiv / Is Outside Powers' Interest in Kurds Mainly Because of Humanitarian Concerns? xv / Do the Cross-Border Operations Indicate the Neo-Ottoman Expansionist Policy of Turkey?
xvi / Is Kurdish Problem the Outcome of The Nation-State Policy Pursued by Kemal Ataturk, The Founder and The First President of Turkey? xvii / Will Peaceful Means for Political Demands Have an Impact on Acts of Violence? xviii / Can the Search for A Political Solution to The Kurdish Problem Avoid Further Bloodshed? xix / Can A Political Structure Based on The Model of a Federation Bring Solution to the Kurdish Problem? xx / Have Turkish Governments Been Indifferent to The Social and Economic Problems of Southeastern Turkey?
xxi / What Are the Chances of Emergence of An Independent Kurdish State in The Middle East? xxii / What Is the Ideology of the PKK? xxiii / What Is the Goal of the PKK? xxiv / Is the PKK A Political Party? xxv / How Is the PKK Financed?
xxvi / Is the PKK A National Liberation Movement? xxvii / Is the PKK Sincere in Its Call for Cease-Fire? xxviii / How Does the PKK See Kurds With Their Individual and Social Aspects? xxix / What Are the Effects of The PKK Activities on Southeastern Turkey's Economic and Social Life? xxx / What Is PKK's View of Religion?
xxxi / Can the PKK Be Recognized as Belligerent Under International Law? xxxii / Is "Kurdistan Parliament In Exile" An Independent Democratic Institution Representing The Kurds? xxxiii / What Are the Relations Between the PKK and Other Pro-Kurdish Groups? Xxxiv / Can PKK's Presence in Northern Iraq Contribute to A Just and Final Settlement? xxxv / Why Is Syria So Often Accused of Sponsoring PKK Terrorism?
xxxvi / What Is the Greek Policy Towards the PKK Given Her Fundamental Differences with Turkey? xxxvii / Could There Be A Connection Between the Termination of The Terrorism by Armenian Secret Army for The Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) and the Beginning of PKK Terrorism in Mid Eighties?
Conclusion
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