庫德族為一支信奉回教遜尼派、語言為印歐語系的民族。其傳統家園位於中東環境嚴峻、多山的地區，主要在土耳其、伊拉克及伊朗三國交界地帶。特別是土耳其境內的庫德族約佔所有庫德人口的一半之多。雖然是中東地區第四大種族，但卻無法建立自己的獨立國家。 自一九八四年八月，土耳其一直受到由阿布都拉•歐嘉蘭所領導的庫德工人黨之恐怖攻擊行動，這成了土耳其在經濟、外交、國內安全以及軍事上造成極大的損失。 本論文分析重點，在於以庫德問題的歷史背景、政治動盪、一九七O年代庫德政黨的崛起、庫德工人黨的活動以及外國勢力等因素來分析。 關鍵字：庫德族、土耳其、阿布都拉•歐嘉蘭、庫德工人黨。 / The Kurds are a Sunni Muslim, Indo-European-speaking people whose traditional homeland is concentrated in the rugged, mountainous area of the Middle East where Turkey, Iraq and Iran converge. Half of Kurdish population live inside the boundary of Turkey especially. Although they constitute the forth largest ethnic group in the Middle East, they lack their own independent state. Since August 1984, the Republic of Turkey has been suffering from an increasing virulent terrorist insurgency led by the Partiya Karkaren Kurdistan (PKK), headed by Abdullah (APO) Ocalan. More and more the struggle was costing Turkey financially, diplomatically. domestically, and militarily. This thesis analyzed specifically will be the historical background to this situation, the political instability and the emergence of numerous Kurdish political parties in the 1970s, the current activities of the PKK, and the transnational influences on the situation. Keywords：Kurds、Turkey、Abdullah Ocalan、PKK。