Original sentence: As a result of this racist policy, since the 1980s, militant Kurdish seperatists such as the PKK have campaigned for independence through force of arms.Atatürk promised Kurdish people in North Kurdistan to respect the conditions of the Treaty of Sèvres, implying self-determination for the Kurdish people in exchange for their crucial help in defeating the Allies.However, as soon as victory over the allies was secured, publishing newspapers and speaking in Kurdish was forbidden, and the Turkish government in Ankara started a policy of denial and systematic suppression of the Kurdish identity.In the 1970s - 1980s speaking Kurdish was still forbidden in all areas of public and private life in Turkey
Edited sentence: Ankara started a policy of denial and systematic suppression of the Kurdish identity.As a result of this racist policy, since the 1980's, militant Kurdish seperatists such as the PKK have campaigned for independence through force of arms.Atatürk promised Kurdish people in North Kurdistan to respect the Treaty of Sèvres conditions implying self-determination for the Kurdish people in exchange for their crucious help in defeating the Allies.However, as soon as victory over the allies was secured, publishing newspapers and speaking in Kurdish was forbidden.In the 1970's - 1980's speaking Kurdish was still forbidden in all areas of public and private life in Turkey.The first three Kurdish uprisings ( Sheikh Sayid, 1925, Ararat, 1930, and Dersim, 1937 ) were crushed in genocide-like bloodshed, rape, torture and atrocities