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TURKEY: PKK attack challenges the state
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES282344
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Turkey is gradually winning its war against the secessionist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The state’s hold on the Kurdish-populated south-east no longer faces a serious…
Since the breakdown of the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in July 2016, Erdogan’s policy of all-out violence has to outward appearances smashed the Kurds’…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247101
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Ankara’s policy towards Iraqi and Syrian Turkmen.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217354
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The elections were held amid heightened tensions, one week after the Bosnian Serb referendum on September 25. Neither satisfied parties' expectations and each suggests further…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214055
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On the same day, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told his Russian counterpart that although the Kurds were “drunk” on US assistance, Damascus would not allow the violation…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225094
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TURKEY/RUSSIA: Demirtas takes a risk in Moscow trip
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES207556
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Iraqi security forces took control of Kirkuk following a controversial independence referendum in September 2017. Since then, security in the area has deteriorated, with an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB232240
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They were responding to increasingly serious attacks on Turkish soldiers and police by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) guerrillas in eastern Turkey. With President Recep Tayyip…