The chapter discusses Kurdish identity in the articles of the prominent Turkish socialist weekly of the 1960s Yön by scrutinizing its treatment of the Kurdish question. First, the weekly ws introduced and placed in context of the relation between the leftist movement and the Kurdish question in 1960s' Turkey.
Then, by looking into the articles concerning Kurdish people, the chapter deals with the 'how' and 'why' questions related to Yön's treatment of the Kurdish question.