CONTENTS

CONTENTS

i. What Is The Proportion Of The Citizens Of Kurdish Descent To The Population Of Turkey?

ii. Are People Of Kurdish Descent A Separate Homogenous Community?

iii. Did Kurds Ever Have Their Own State?

iv. Do Kurds Constitute A Separate Nation?

v. How Is The Situation Of Citizens Of Kurdish Descent In Turkey In Comparison With The Kurds Of Neighboring Countries?

vi. Do People Who Consider Themselves As Kurds Constitute A Minority In Turkey?

vii. Are The Citizens Of Kurdish Descent Main Victims Of Human Rights Violations In Turkey?

viii. Are There Any People Of Kurdish Descent Subject To Discrimination In Social, Political And Economic Life?

ix. Are The Acts Of The State Directed Deliberately Against Its Citizens Of Kurdish Descent?

x. To What Extent Allegations Of Forcible Displacement Of The People In Southeastern Turkey Are True?

xi. Is It Forbidden For Kurds In Turkey To Speak In Their Mother Tongue?

xii. Is Imprisonment Of Some Former Members Of Parliament Of Kurdish Descent Including Leyla Zana For Their "Political Activities" An Indication Of Oppression Of The Kurds?

xiii. Can The Telecast Of Med TV Be Regarded Within The Limits Of Freedom Of Expression?

xiv. Is Outside Powers’ Interest In Kurds Mainly Because Of Humanitarian Concerns?

xv. Do The Cross-Border Operations Indicate The Neo-Ottoman Expansionist Policy Of Turkey?

xvi. Is Kurdish Problem The Outcome Of The Nation-State Policy Pursued By Kemal Atatürk, The Founder And The First President Of Turkey?

xvii. Will Peaceful Means For Political Demands Have An Impact On Acts Of Violence?

xviii. Can The Search For A Political Solution To The Kurdish Problem Avoid Further Bloodshed?

xix. Can A Political Structure Based On The Model Of A Federation Bring Solution To The Kurdish Problem?

xx. Have Turkish Governments Been Indifferent To The Social And Economic Problems Of Southeastern Turkey?

xxi. What Are The Chances Of Emergence Of An Independent Kurdish State In The Middle East?

xxii. What Is The Ideology Of The PKK?

xxiii. What Is The Goal Of The PKK?

xxiv. Is The PKK A Political Party?

xxv. How Is The PKK Financed?

xxvi. Is The PKK A National Liberation Movement?

xxvii. Is The PKK Sincere In Its Call For Cease-Fire?

xxviii. How Does The PKK See Kurds With Their Individual And Social Aspects?

xxix. What Are The Effects Of The PKK Activities On Southeastern Turkey’s Economic And Social Life?

xxx. What Is PKK’s View Of Religion?

xxxi. Can The PKK Be Recognized As Belligerent Under International Law?

xxxii. Is "Kurdistan Parliament In Exile" An Independent Democratic Institution Representing The Kurds?

xxxiii. What Are The Relations Between The PKK and Other Pro-Kurdish Groups ?

xxxiv. Can PKK’s Presence In Northern Iraq Contribute To A Just And Final Settlement?

xxxv. Why Is Syria So Often Accused Of Sponsoring PKK Terrorism?

xxxvi. What Is The Greek Policy Towards The PKK Given Her Fundamental Differences With Turkey?

xxxvii. Could There Be A Connection Between The Termination Of The Terrorism By Armenian Secret Army For The Liberation Of Armenia (ASALA) And The Beginning Of PKK Terrorism In Mid Eighties?