http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/1880/kendall-m-stempel Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:31:33 -0400 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:31:33 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/862/the-turkish-kurdish-conflict-in-theory-and-practice By Kendall M. Stempel - Like the theories that explain it, group conflict has existed since man became a social creature. Nevertheless, social scientists remain frustrated in their attempts to explain ethnic conflict in any generalizable pattern. Social political theories that detail the “why” of conflict often fail to illustrate “how” to resolve it. Regarding the Turkish-Kurdish conflict, a plethora of theories exist to try and explain it, including Social Identity Theory (and under it, Stereotyping and Prejudice Theory), Basic Human Needs Theory (and under it, Relative Deprivation Theory), Realistic... Fri, 07 Mar 2014 08:57 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/862/the-turkish-kurdish-conflict-in-theory-and-practice