Öcalan and the Kurdish Question

Öcalan and the Kurdish Question (2015)

February 13th, 20150h 52min

Documentary
80%

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.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Karaoğlan: The Man whose Name Was Written on the Mountains

Karaoğlan: The Man whose Name Was Written on the Mountains


Released on: 2003-05-07
Documentary, History

A political amateur who was kneaded with art in the first half of the 1950s and was enthused with th...

Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction

Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction


Released on: 2017-11-10
Documentary

INTENT TO DESTROY embeds with a historic feature production as a springboard to explore the violent ...

Blue

Blue


Released on: 2017-04-11
Documentary, Music

A thorough look at the 90's Turkish rock scene, one legendary stage band and its two members: Kerim ...

Years with Özal: January 24

Years with Özal: January 24


Released on: 2000-11-05
History, Documentary

While we were wandering through the pages of our democracy history, we saw right-left fights and exp...

From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation

From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation


Released on: 2019-10-22
Documentary, History, TV Movie

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as...

The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker


Released on: 2022-08-31
Documentary

A unique interview with Tooba Gondal, the woman who groomed and lured scores of Western women to joi...

Architects of Denial

Architects of Denial


Released on: 2017-10-06
Documentary

Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relativel...

My Life as a Turkey

My Life as a Turkey


Released on: 2011-08-01
Documentary, TV Movie

Naturalist Jim Hutto's remarkable experience of being imprinted on by group of wild turkey hatchling...

48 Hours of Being A Superwoman

48 Hours of Being A Superwoman


Released on:
Documentary

When ordinary humans failed, Roghaye became a 48-hour superwoman—not to escape death, but to reclaim...

Trans*BUT — Fragments of Identity

Trans*BUT — Fragments of Identity


Released on: 2015-04-16
Documentary

Fragmentary perspectives on Human Rights and transgender (trans*) People in Turkey. What remains at...

The Last Apostle: Journies in the Holy Land

The Last Apostle: Journies in the Holy Land


Released on: 2020-01-01
Documentary

Dr. Mark Fairchild, world-renowned archaeologist, traces the hidden years of Saint Paul's life in th...

Incomplete Sentences

Incomplete Sentences


Released on: 2022-06-25
Documentary

Aslı Erdoğan, world-renowned author and activist, has fallen into silence after she fled to Germany....

The Many Lives of Kojin

The Many Lives of Kojin


Released on: 2020-02-12
Documentary

In a first-person documentary, Diako Yazdani, a political refugee in France, returns to see his fami...

İHA'nın Arşivinden 17 Ağustos 1999 Depremi

İHA'nın Arşivinden 17 Ağustos 1999 Depremi


Released on: 2022-08-12
Documentary

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide


Released on: 2005-03-22
Documentary, History, War

More than one million Armenians perished between 1915 and 1916 in massacres or brutal deportation pr...

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide


Released on: 2006-04-17
Documentary, History

Explores the Ottoman Empire killings of more than one million Armenians during World War I. The film...

Heval

Heval


Released on: 2021-09-23
Documentary

When a British-born actor abandons his Hollywood career to volunteer to Join the Kurdish YPG to figh...

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema


Released on: 2019-04-17
Documentary

Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to kee...

Atatürk: Father of Modern Turkey

Atatürk: Father of Modern Turkey


Released on: 2018-11-02
Documentary, Drama, History

Docudrama examining the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey from the r...

Byzance

Byzance


Released on: 1964-01-01
Documentary

Byzance uses a text by Stefan Zweig to describe the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453. Before he ...