| Description |
1 online resource (364 pages) |
| Contents |
1. The origins of the PKK, 1949-1976 -- 2. Abdullah Ocalan, leader, 1975-1980 -- 3. The flight to survive, 1980-1982 -- 4. On the road to war, 1982-1984 -- 5. Loyalty and violence, 1985-1990 -- 6. The struggle to succeed, 1985-1990 -- 7. The deluge, 1988-1991 -- 8. War in the streets, 1991-1992 -- 9. Fueling the war, 1992-1993 -- 10. Mixing war and politics, 1991-1993 -- 11. Change in fortunes, 1993-1997 -- 12. The decline, 1995-1998 -- 13. Searching for a new way, 1995-1998 -- 14. Ocalan, caught by surprise, 1998-1999 -- 15. The PKK saves itself, 1999-2007 -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
The Kurds, who number some 28 million people in the Middle East, have no country they can call their own. Long ignored by the West, Kurds are now highly visible actors on the world's political stage. More than half live in Turkey, where the Kurdish struggle has gained new strength and attention since the U.S. overthrow of Saddam Hussein in neighboring Iraq. Essential to understanding modern-day Kurds--and their continuing demands for an independent state--is understanding the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party. A guerilla force that was founded in 1978 by a small group of ex-Turkish university st |
| Analysis |
Kurdish |
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guerilla |
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influential |
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inside |
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movement |
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story |
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volatile |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-342) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê fast (OCoLC)fst00650197 |
| Subject |
Kurds -- Turkey -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom.
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Ethnic relations.
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Kurds -- Autonomy and independence movements.
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| SUBJECT |
Turkey -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Turkey.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814759561 |
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0814759564 |
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