Öcalan and the Kurdish Question

Overview

Kurdistan, partitioned between Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria, could play a major role in a torn Middle East. But who are the Kurds? What influence do they have? Who exactly is Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party? An enlightening investigation by Luis Miranda.

Details

Cast

Abdullah Öcalan

Himself (archive footage)

Hugh Pope

himself

Cengiz Çandar

himself

Gültan Kışanak

herself

Sırrı Süreyya Önder

himself

Ahmet Türk

himself

Mahmut Şakar

himself

Adem Uzun

himself

Aldar Xelîl

himself

Antoine Comte

himself

Pervin Budan

herself

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turgut Özal