Overview
- Gives a comprehensive account of the PKK insurgency, one of the most complicated and longest lasting ethno-nationalist conflicts in the post-WW II era
- Closely examines the peace talks between the PKK and Turkey from 2013 and 2015 and the renewed war since July 2015
- Marks the first study to analyze in depth Operation “Euphrates Shield” (August 2016 – March 2017), part of Turkey’s two-fold “war on terror” against ISIS and PKK / PYD
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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.
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Reviews
“This book is an important contribution to the literature. It will be of particular interest to scholars of critical terrorism studies, conflict resolution and those who research the resolution of the Kurdish Conflict. … this is an interesting, engaging, easy-to-read book that raises very important questions on the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey and pushes forward the boundaries of this area of study.” (Recep Onursal, Critical Studies on Terrorism, November 28, 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Spyridon Plakoudas is Assistant Professor in Strategy and Security at the American University in the Emirates, UAE.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Turkey
Book Subtitle: The New PKK
Authors: Spyridon Plakoudas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75659-2
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75658-5Published: 13 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75659-2Published: 04 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 100
Topics: International Security Studies, Middle Eastern Politics, Military and Defence Studies, Conflict Studies, International Relations Theory, Terrorism and Political Violence