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The Kurds in Turkey

Name: The Kurds in Turkey
Author: Noam Chomsky
ISBN: 9780745324890

by Noam Chomsky

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Overview

With a foreword by Noam Chomsky, this is the most up-to-date critical analysis of the problems faced by the Kurds in Turkey. Turkey has a long history of human rights abuses against its Kurdish population – a population that stretches into millions. This human rights record is one of the main stumbling blocks in Turkey’s efforts to join the EU. The Kurds are denied many basic rights, including the right to learn or broadcast in their own language. This book, written by a leading human rights defender, provides a comprehensive account of the key issues now facing the Kurds, and the prospects for Turkey joining the EU. Kerim Yildiz outlines the background to the current situation and explores a range of issues including civil, cultural and political rights, minority rights, internal displacement, and the international community’s obligations regarding Turkey.

About the Author, Noam Chomsky

Kerim Yildiz is a leading human rights defender and Executive Director of the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP). He has been awarded by the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights for his services to protect human rights and promote the rule of law and is a board member of other human rights and environmental organisations. KHRP was most recently shortlisted for the Liberty/ Justice/ Law Society Human Rights Awards in 2004. Yildiz is the author of The Kurds in Iraq (Pluto Press, 2004) and the forthcoming The Kurds in Syria.