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This is one of the few successes the military have had on the ground since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended the ceasefire with the PKK on July 24.
KRI President Massoud Barzani, who announced the initiative in February, has stressed that the result will be non-binding; however, his move has unsettled allies in Ankara and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212394
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The process looks in danger. Serious local conflicts in south-eastern Turkey are straining tensions between Kurds and the government, even though guerrilla warfare has not…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197630
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Prospects for Kurdish nationalism.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB233331
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB203245
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If it was a suicide bomb, that would point to Islamist militants rather than the secular Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its supporters, who have fought a bitter but losing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207783
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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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It was just 58 days after Turkey launched an invasion aimed at seizing Afrin from Syrian Kurdish rebels whom Ankara regards as terrorists. Turks have been jubilant at what is…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230531
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TURKEY: PKK attack challenges the state
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES282344
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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…