| The PKK: Coming Down from the Mountains Contributor(s): White, Doctor Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783600373 ISBN-13: 9781783600373 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $22.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire |
| Dewey: 320.54 |
| Series: Zed Books - Rebels |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 7.7" (0.50 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): White, Paul: - Paul White is a visiting lecturer at Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Indonesia. |