Title: THE KURDS OF TURKEY: KILLINGS, DISAPPEARANCES AND TORTURE
Author: Helsinki Watch
Place of publication: US
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Release date: 1993
The report documents the historical and ongoing human rights abuses against the Kurdish minority in Turkey since the rise of Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel's coalition government in 1991. It outlines the systematic killings, disappearances, and torture faced by Kurds, emphasizing the lack of recognition and rights afforded to them under Turkish law. Although some changes have occurred regarding the public acknowledgment of Kurds, severe cultural and political repression persists, particularly through prohibitions against the Kurdish language and political expression.[1]