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ID173146
Title ProperEvolving Kurdish Question in Turkey
LanguageENG
AuthorGurses, Mehmet
Summary / Abstract (Note)Abstract: In a region undergoing dramatic changes, the Kurds in particular have begun to enjoy a political resurgence. Of those countries where Kurds reside, Turkey is the single most important actor for several reasons: It is a powerful state that is home to more than half of the total Kurdish population; it has been locked in a stalemate with (arguably) the most powerful Kurdish insurgent group, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party [Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan, PKK]; this decades-long armed conflict progressively has acquired a trans-border disposition and fomented disagreement between Turkey and the United States in Syria; and lastly, Turkey under the Justice and Development Party [Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP] gradually is distancing itself from the Western bloc and moving away from democratic values and principles. This article examines the evolving Kurdish question in Turkey with an emphasis on how it is interacting with changing domestic, regional, and global dynamics.
`In' analytical NoteMiddle East Critique Vol. 29, No.3; 2020: p.307-318
Journal SourceMiddle East Critique Vol: 29 No 3
Key WordsTurkey ;  Middle East ;  Kurds ;  PKK ;  Armed, Conflict


 
 
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