The Kurds in Turkey : EU accession and human rights / Kerim Yildiz ; foreword by Noam Chomsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yildiz, Kerim.

Contributor:

Kurdish Human Rights Project.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Turkey.

Kurds.

Turkey.

Turkey--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Kurds--Civil rights--Turkey.

Kurds--Civil rights.

Human rights--Turkey.

Human rights.

European Union--Turkey.

European Union.

Physical Description:

xxix, 182 pages : map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press in association with Kurdish Human Rights Project, 2005.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Introduction

2 Background

3 Turkey, the Kurds and the EU

4 Civil, political and cultural rights in Turkey

5 Internal Displacement

6 The Kurds and human and minority rights

7 Conflict in the Southeast

8 The international dimensions to the conflict

9 The EU and the Kurds.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745324894

OCLC:

62188428