The politics of identity, recognition and multiculturalism: theKurds inTurkey

What is it about?

Granting cultural rights to Kurds in Turkey has been expected to improve their living conditions and subdue the long lasting ethnic conflict in the country . Although the Kurdish culture has started to be recognized publicly since the 2000s ethnic tensions in the country have deepened; the armed conflict between the PKK and the State also escalated; and the Kurds are still and increasingly suffering from state oppression, stereotypes, hate and bigotry. This paper examines why the politics of culture has not been able to solve the Kurdish problem in Turkey,

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