Author | : Spyridon Plakoudas |
File Size | : 42,5 Mb |
Publisher | : Springer |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 04 April 2018 |
ISBN | : 9783319756592 |
Pages | : 100 pages |
Insurgency and Counter Insurgency in Turkey by Spyridon Plakoudas Book PDF Summary
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.