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Turkey's Kurdistan has fertile land, rich
water resources from the Euphrates
and Tigris rivers, as well as reserves of minerals. Due to 30 years of conflict
between the Kurds and the Turkish
state, more than 2,000 Kurdish
villages were destroyed by Turkish
army, which accused the villagers
sheltering and feeding the Kurdish rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The villagers moved to cities in the
Kurdish areas as well as Turkish cities,
creating poor neighborhoods.
"The economic situation of Turkish
Kurdistan is bad. Hundreds of thousands of Kurdish young men are
jobless," said Muhammad Dara Aqar,
the deputy leader of the ruling Justice
and Development Party (AKP) in
Diyarbakir, the largest Kurdish city.
Aqar told The Kurdish Globe that in Diyarbakir there is an area called
Baglar, with a population of 450,000,
of which 60 percent are young, and
80 percent of these young people are
unemployed. He explained that in the
past many young Kurdish people went to western Turkish areas, such
as Istanbul and Antalya, to find jobs.
However, in the past two years, due to
the economic crisis, it is difficult for
them to find jobs even in the west.
"Due to political tension, there are no factories, industry or tourism in the
Kurdish region
water resources from the Euphrates
and Tigris rivers, as well as reserves of minerals. Due to 30 years of conflict
between the Kurds and the Turkish
state, more than 2,000 Kurdish
villages were destroyed by Turkish
army, which accused the villagers
sheltering and feeding the Kurdish rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The villagers moved to cities in the
Kurdish areas as well as Turkish cities,
creating poor neighborhoods.
"The economic situation of Turkish
Kurdistan is bad. Hundreds of thousands of Kurdish young men are
jobless," said Muhammad Dara Aqar,
the deputy leader of the ruling Justice
and Development Party (AKP) in
Diyarbakir, the largest Kurdish city.
Aqar told The Kurdish Globe that in Diyarbakir there is an area called
Baglar, with a population of 450,000,
of which 60 percent are young, and
80 percent of these young people are
unemployed. He explained that in the
past many young Kurdish people went to western Turkish areas, such
as Istanbul and Antalya, to find jobs.
However, in the past two years, due to
the economic crisis, it is difficult for
them to find jobs even in the west.
"Due to political tension, there are no factories, industry or tourism in the
Kurdish region