Turkey and the Kurds
In 1999 the leader of Turkey's Kurdish rebel group was arrested
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
October 23, 20149m 7s
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Show Notes
In 1999, Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of Turkey's Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, was arrested. He has been in jail ever since. We hear why the relationship between the Turkish state and the Kurds is so fraught, from the Kurdish political activist Adem Uzun.
(Photo: Turkish Kurds hold posters of Abdullah Ocalan. Credit: AP)