Unstoppable Resolve Quotes



Turkey, following the French model, only allowed for one kind of citizen, and resisted the notion of different kinds of Turkish citizens. Some Turks of Kurdish extraction, however, wanted to maintain a separate identity, language, culture and sought political independence to join with the Kurds of Iraq and Iran to form their own nation. They used violence to attain their political ends. The Turkish response to this separatist threat was particularly heavy handed and the conflict escalated. The PKK lead by Ocalan killed thousands of Turks with bombings and other terrorist attacks, and the government troops also killed many trying to combat the terrorism. Finally, Ocalan was jailed, and the terrorism diminished.