Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Turkey

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For readers of Strategy and IR and researchers on the Middle East, the intermittent war between the PKK and Turkey (1984–present) forms the ideal case study as every possible outcome (military victory, peace negotiations and stalemate) and aspect (terrorism, insurgency and civil unrest) of ethnic civil wars have manifested over the years. This monograph offers an up-to-date analysis of an irregular conflict (2004–2017) which spilled over to neighbouring states since 2011 and continues to shape the Middle East through the lens of Strategic Studies. 
Spyridon Plakoudas is Assistant Professor in Strategy and IR at the American University in the Emirates and Vice President of the think tank KEDISA. 

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.
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

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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Spyridon Plakoudas

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Kurdish Question in Turkey Kurdish minority in Turkey Operation “Euphrates Shield” Turkey’s war on terror against ISIS and PKK insurgency of the PKK

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