Full 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.
Contents
1. Why Study the PKK versus Turkey Conflict.- 2. The "War of the Flea".- 3. The Kurdish "Phoenix" (2004-2012).- 4. The "Solution Process" (2013-2015).- 5. The Two-Fold "War on Terror" (2015-2017).- 6. What Lies Ahead.
