The Kurdish Question
696 views · Published 19 August 2013 · 16:58 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: NewsClickin · 2013 · News & Politics
In spite of the peace agreement that the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) had with the Turkish government, Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK who has been held in the Turkish prison island of Imrali for the past 14 years, has not yet been freed. 1/4th of the population in Turkey is Kurdish and yet they do not have the right to have education in their mother tongue. Speaking to Newsclick on the various facets of the Kurdish Question, Fayik Yagizay, leader of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), says the way-out of this situation is to have a democratic system in Turkey and in the entire region. He emphasises that democracy means not just to have voting rights, but to have the participation of all people which is not sufficient in Turkey. Yagizay says the struggle for freedom, democracy, rule of law and human rights is more important than fighting for a separate nation-state.
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