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The main rebellion which dominates the history of the Kurds in Turkey is that of the 1925 rebellion in Kurdistan region of Turkey which was led by Sheikh Said. The repression and aggression of Kemalist secularism followed and all public manifestations of Kurdish identity was outlawed which, in turn, prepared Kurds for more rebellion.
About half of all Kurds live in Turkey. According to the CIA Factbook they account for 18 percent of the Turkish population. [92] They are predominantly distributed in the southeastern corner of the country. [93] The best available estimate of the number of persons in Turkey speaking the Kurdish language is about five million (1980).
The Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Turkey.According to various estimates, they compose between 15% and 20% of the population of Turkey. [4] [5] [6] There are Kurds living in various provinces of Turkey, but they are primarily concentrated in the east and southeast of the country within the region viewed by Kurds as Turkish Kurdistan.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk promised to repay Kurds for their loyalty by giving them full political and cultural rights in his planned state he would establish. In 1923, the Turkish National Movement was victorious and the Treaty of Lausanne was signed, replacing the Treaty of Sèvres and recognising the independence of the Republic of Turkey.
Flag of Kurdistan Kurdish-inhabited areas according to the CIA (1992). Kurdish nationalism (Kurdish: کوردایەتی, romanized: Kurdayetî, lit. 'Kurdishness or Kurdism') is a nationalist political movement which asserts that Kurds are a nation and espouses the creation of an independent Kurdistan from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
Secession in Turkey is a phenomenon caused by the desire of a number of minorities living in Turkey to secede and form independent national states. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Kurdish separatism
The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) is Kurdish militant organization which has waged an armed struggle against the Turkish state for cultural and political rights and self-determination for the Kurds. Turkey's military allies the US, the EU, and NATO label the PKK as a terrorist organization while the UN ...
Year Date Event 2004 July 29 Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (Turkey) is founded. 2005 January 30 Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2005: 2012 October 15 Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey) is founded.