The Kurdish Workers Party

Paper Summary:

The paper explains that the Kurdistan Workers Party is designed to fight for the right to govern land that has been denied to them by the Turkish for many years. However, the paper shows how, in recent years, the PKK has changed and is now a sub-group to the international terrorist organization that is causing mass death, destruction and fear in many parts of the world. The paper stresses that it is a terrorist threat for the entire world and as long as it aligns and presents itself as such, there can be no mercy, compassion or negotiation for its goals and desires. The paper contends that it must be viewed as dangerous and as indeed a terrorist organization in every sense of the word.

Outline:
Introduction
Who They Are
History
Political Views of PKK
PKK and Terrorism

From the Paper:

"The Kurdistan Workers Party is designed to fight for the right to govern the land that has been denied to them by the Turkish for many years. There are currently more than 30 million Kurdish population members who have no state which also strips them of any cultural, linguistic or political rights as are enjoyed by the rest of the world. For years members of that population have attempted to force the world to recognize their plight through the use of terror and violence. The members of the terrorist group call themselves the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Kurdistan Workers' Party (Turkey, separatists) (accessed October 29, 2006).http://www.cfr.org/publication/9241/,
• The politics of the PKK (Kurdish Workers Party): a balance sheet (accessed October 29, 2006).http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/mar1999/pkk-m12.shtmlBy Ute Reissner and Justus Leicht 12 March 1999
• Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) (accessed October 29, 2006).http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/pkk.htm
• PKK and Terrorism(accessed October 29, 2006).http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/mfa-t-pkk.htm

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