Living predominantly in Turkey's impoverished southeast, they have been fighting for greater autonomy and more rights since 1984, when the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) launched an armed insurgency against the government.
Uglavnom žive na siromašnom jugoistoku Turske i bore se za veću autonomiju i veća prava od 1984. godine, kada je zabranjena Kurdistanska radnička stranka (PKK) započela oružanu pobunu protiv vlade.