Rola służb specjalnych w konflikcie turecko-kurdyjskim
THE ROLE OF SECRET SERVICES IN THE TURKISH-KURDISH CONFLICT

Summary/Abstract: Kurds constitute the largest ethnic minority in the whole Middle East, inhabiting the area of Northern Iraq, Syria, Iran, but most of all, Turkey. As a nation, Kurds have for many years suffered on these lands injustice and intolerance, and the subsequent governments aimed at the annihilation of their culture and identity. The Turkish-Kurdish conflict deepened in the second half of the XX century, in the period of revolutions, martial law and coups. More than 40,000 people died on both sides, none of which intended to concede. The conflict in Turkey has been used by other countries to attain their own goals and enlarge their sphere of influence. It has aroused the interest of foreign intelligence services, not only from neighbouring countries, frequently offering support and assistance to Kurds, providing weapons or shelter, backing their aspirations to having their own state, in return gaining an ally on the enemy territory or collecting invaluable information. The geopolitical situation of Turkey makes it impossible to underestimate its significance. This country and Kurds remain the focus of attention for secret services, since it is in this area that the changes take place which shape the future peace or its lack, not only in the Middle East.

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