Kurdish Politics in Turkey Post 9/11 Era

Abstract

Kurds are the largest ethnic community on land ·of the Middle · East who are Stateless. Their long-lasting struggle has not given them what they have been striving for but has comparatively activated them politically to some extent. PKK is the armed organization that is fighting guerilla warfare on the land of Turkey since 1980. Since 1990, they have organized themselves in different political parties. Kurds in Turkey have many political parties but have continuously faced failures and were banned by the constitutional court of Turkey due to various accusations; mainly their links with PKK. Kurds in Turkey have faced ethnic suppression as their language, culture and also their tradition has faced hurdles since the Ottoman Empire was dismantled. This is an exploratory research which will address the actual problem going on in Turkey between the Kurds and Turkish government. Kurds are not politically stable albeit they have many political parties. Their political parties, workers and leaders have been' jailed, 'banned or sent to exile many times. Additionally, their politics in Turkey in contemporary times will also be studied. The time period taken in the study will mainly focus on post 9111 era. How their parties are formed and dismantled; and how they play their role in mainstreaming Kurdish politics during the mentioned time span?