The Mountain Turks? The conflict between the Kurds and the Government of Turkey is lasted for almost three decades. This war has claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people, and most of them are Kurds. After Ottoman Turkish Empire collapsed by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, he gave his word to the Kurds that he will granting them self-rule in their region, if they supports him in establishment of what we know today as the Republic of Turkey. The new Turkish government did not keep its promises to Kurdish people. Kurds have lost their cultural and political rights in Turkey; therefore a group of radical Kurdish students formed Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan (PKK) to get their credibility back. In 1973, Abdullah Ocalan the leaders of this radical Kurdish group has declared the Kurdish identity in Turkey. Kurds are concentrating in the eleventh provinces of the Turkey’s southeast. Turkish
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The chances for stopping the war has been increased. In 2012 the president of Turkey began negotiations with PKK because they have finally accept that neither of them are capable to win this war. On of April, 2013, Abdullah Ocalan announced” the end of an era, and the beginning of a new one”. He actually called his army to freeze their military operation. This was a good step for beginning a negotiation and stop this bloody war, but after two years of ceasefire between PKK and the republic of Turkey, PKK broke the ceasefire in July 2015. In summary, I believe Turkey’s brutality against Kurds could be stops, if they look deeply about the consequences of this war. It’s too much expensive for them, it’s against of human’s right, and it is about putting their own people’s life in danger. Today another groups of insurgent by the name of ISIL have been raised and they are a great treat for both the Turks and the Kurds. It is said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so it’s time to sacrifice some value to gain a better
The chances for stopping the war has been increased. In 2012 the president of Turkey began negotiations with PKK because they have finally accept that neither of them are capable to win this war. On of April, 2013, Abdullah Ocalan announced” the end of an era, and the beginning of a new one”. He actually called his army to freeze their military operation. This was a good step for beginning a negotiation and stop this bloody war, but after two years of ceasefire between PKK and the republic of Turkey, PKK broke the ceasefire in July 2015. In summary, I believe Turkey’s brutality against Kurds could be stops, if they look deeply about the consequences of this war. It’s too much expensive for them, it’s against of human’s right, and it is about putting their own people’s life in danger. Today another groups of insurgent by the name of ISIL have been raised and they are a great treat for both the Turks and the Kurds. It is said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so it’s time to sacrifice some value to gain a better