System of Group of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK): An Assessment of State, Federalism, KCK Practices and International Developments

Abstract:

KCK is a pyramidal sovereignty structure which ultimate goal seceded from Turkey to establish an independent Kurdish state. KCK argues that, its system based on only self-governance, but as seen KCK Contract describes new type "˜internal and external' sovereignty, it can not be reconciled with federalism and/or confederalism. In this context, if KCK Contract examined; KCK system compared with examples of the federal governments and KCK practices analyzed in southern part of Turkey, KCK's targets can be seen more clearly. In this study KCK system and strategies are discussed.