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Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Turkey

By Spyridon Plakoudas

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Pivot
Year
2018
ISBN
978-3-319-75658-5, 978-3-319-75659-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2067287 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XVII, 100\111
Time added
2018-08-15 07:07:45
Political Science and International Relations; Int

Description

This book seeks to answer the “why” and “how” questions about the insurgency of the PKK, a militant left-wing group of Turkey’s Kurds, in Turkey. The PKK has been inter-locked in an intermittent war against Turkey since 1984 in the name of Kurdish nationalism. The author combines insights of Strategy and IR - from strategy and tactics in irregular warfare to peace negotiations between state authorities and insurgents, with data from qualitative research, to achieve two inter-related objectives: first, assess the current state of affairs and predict the future course of the conflict and, secondly, draw general conclusions on how protracted conflicts can end and how. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Why Study the PKK versus Turkey Conflict (Spyridon Plakoudas)....Pages 1-6 The “War of the Flea” (Spyridon Plakoudas)....Pages 7-27 The Kurdish “Phoenix” (2004–2012) (Spyridon Plakoudas)....Pages 29-41 The “Solution Process” (2013–2015) (Spyridon Plakoudas)....Pages 43-58 The Two-Fold “War on Terror” (2015–2017) (Spyridon Plakoudas)....Pages 59-74 What Lies Ahead (Spyridon Plakoudas)....Pages 75-80 Back Matter ....Pages 81-100

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