The PKK Coming Down from the Mountains - Rebels

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is infamous for its violence. The struggle it has waged for Kurdish independence in southeastern Turkey has cost in excess of 40,000 lives since 1984. A less-known fact, however, is that the PKK now embraces a non-violent end to the conflict, with its leader Abdullah Öcalan having ordered a ceasefire and engaging in a negotiated peace with the Ankara government. Whether these tentative attempts at peacemaking mean an end to the bloodshed remains to be seen, but either way the ramifications for Turkey and the wider region are potentially huge. Charting the ideological evolution of the PKK, as well as its origins, aims and structure, Paul White provides the only authoritative and up-to-date analysis of one of the most important non-state political players in the contemporary Middle East.

ISBN:	9781783600373
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint:	Zed Books
Published date:	15 Aug 2015
DEWEY:	324.2561084095667
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	224 .
Weight:	258g
Height:	130mm
Width:	198mm
Spine width:	20mm

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