Movie: Öcalan and the Kurdish Question

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Abdullah Öcalan
Abdullah Öcalan

Himself (archive footage)

Hugh Pope
Hugh Pope

himself

Cengiz Çandar
Cengiz Çandar

himself

Gültan Kışanak
Gültan Kışanak

herself

Sırrı Süreyya Önder
Sırrı Süreyya Önder

himself

Ahmet Türk
Ahmet Türk

himself

Mahmut Şakar
Mahmut Şakar

himself

Adem Uzun
Adem Uzun

himself

Aldar Xelîl
Aldar Xelîl

himself

Antoine Comte
Antoine Comte

himself

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    Ocalan et la question kurde

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    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.

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    2015-02-13

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