A report on the persecution and oppression of Kurds within Turkey, covering such issues as Kurdish nationalism and terrorism, dispossession and resettlement, religious freedom, torture and detention, refugees and the right to asylum. Since the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1922, the Kurds have been denied their identity. About 10 million Kurds live in Turkey today, a minority in a total population of 55 million. Yet it is an offence under Turkish law to speak Kurdish publicly or reproduce it in print. This report details the foundation of the Kurdish Workers" Party (PKK), its subsequent insurgency campaign and the resulting plight of ordinary Kurds who are subject to brutality both from the government and the PKK. Turkey has ratified the UN Convention against Torture and has signed the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Yet the government, and especially its security forces, persists in activities which are in direct contravention of these agreements. Amnesty International reports routine and arbitrary arrests and torture, frequent deaths of Kurds whilst in police custody and the alleged discovery of mass graves. Increasingly, thousands of Kurds are seeking asylum in western European countries. But they now face visa restrictions and accusations that they are "economic migrants" rather than political refugees. The author of this report calls for the recognition of Kurds by Turkey, an end to religious and ethnic persecution, an end to unfair trials and torture during detention and a guaranteed refuge for asylum seekers. He concludes by providing addresses of the authorities to whom those concerned with the furtherance of these aims may present their views.