Kurdish Turkization in Turkey

Kurdish Turkization in Turkey refers to a series of state-sponsored policies aimed at assimilating the Kurdish population into a unified Turkish national identity. These efforts have been ongoing since the founding of the Republic of Turkey in 1923.

Rooted in the late transformations of the Ottoman Empire and shaped by the rise of 20th-century Turkish nationalism, these policies have targeted the suppression of Kurdish language, cultural expression, and ethnic identity in order to promote Turkish linguistic and cultural hegemony.

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