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The root of Kurdish problem goes back to late Ottoman era mid-1800s while has gained momentum and its scope widened with the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. In the last 28 years, the conflict has been full of violence and its intensity has always been source of fears among the society in Turkey. It has been one of the most violence conflicts in the world in the last three decades when more than 40 thousand people lost their life. Kurdish conflict today, is considered by the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) as a severe crises or a limited war. Kurdish problem, similar to other international political conflicts, is like an iceberg: what you see at the top is a small part of the conflict, but beneath what you get are perceptions, interests, values, culture, attitudes, needs, expectations, assumptions, suspicions, suppressions. This article analyzes the conflict in detail with its historical background, social, economic, cultural and political reasons, dynamics and actors, factors and elements that led the conflict escalation. In the last part, it focuses on policy proposal for resolution and argues that Kurdish problem is in a process of resolution yet there is a long way to go.[1]
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