Turkey is a country located between Europe and Asia. Its neighbors are Greece in the west, Iran and Iraq in the east, to the north lies Russia, and the southern border lines the Mediterranean Sea. Turkey is a geologically important country. The reason for that is that Turkey controls three different seas, which are the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. The country has a very long history. It is the continuation of the old Ottoman Empire, which has ruled the whole of Europe, part of Africa, and most of the Middle East for over three hundred years. This great history makes most of its neighbors very uncomfortable. Over these years, Turkey has been faced with a lot of problems from its neighbors. One of these is the Kurdish problem.
             At this point, I would like to introduce you to the Kurds. The Kurds are the people who live in the Northern part of Iraq, southwest of Iran, and southeastern part of Turkey. The Kurds claim that they are a nation and after the Serv Agreement they requested a considerable piece of land from those three countries. However, the land that they claim theirs is almost half of Turkey and the north part of Iraq. Both countries deny this and they both stated that not even a square foot of land will be given to the Kurds. This is where the problem begins.
             The Turkish army has been fighting with Kurdish terrorists (PKK, Kurdish Independence Party) for over fifteen years now. In this regional war, the Turkish government has spent ninety billion dollars and lost fifty-five thousand civilians and soldiers. The war between the PKK and the Turkish army has no rules. Turkish villages have been attacked, bombed, burned to the ground, and most importantly the residents of these villages have been shot in front of their children by PKK.
             As stated above, the problem began in 1984. In that year, a terrorist group called PKK was formed and started bombing the consulates in the European capitals. In ...