Öcalan and the Kurdish Question

Feb 13, 2015

0h 52m

★ 8.0

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Crescendo Films

Öcalan and the Kurdish Question Trailers

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Cast

Himself (archive footage)

Abdullah Öcalan

himself

Hugh Pope

himself

Cengiz Çandar

herself

Gültan Kışanak

himself

Sırrı Süreyya Önder

himself

Ahmet Türk

himself

Mahmut Şakar

himself

Adem Uzun

himself

Aldar Xelîl

himself

Antoine Comte

herself

Pervin Budan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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