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Öcalan and the Kurdish Question
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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

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Cast

Abdullah Öcalan

Himself (archive footage)

Abdullah Öcalan

Hugh Pope

himself

Hugh Pope

Cengiz Çandar

himself

Cengiz Çandar

Gültan Kışanak

herself

Gültan Kışanak

Sırrı Süreyya Önder

himself

Sırrı Süreyya Önder

Ahmet Türk

himself

Ahmet Türk

Mahmut Şakar

himself

Mahmut Şakar

Adem Uzun

himself

Adem Uzun

Aldar Xelîl

himself

Aldar Xelîl

Antoine Comte

himself

Antoine Comte

Pervin Budan

herself

Pervin Budan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan