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Turkish Paramilitarism in Northern Kurdistan: State Violence in the 1990s

Turkish Paramilitarism in Northern Kurdistan: State Violence in the 1990s

Işık, Ayhan

Hardcover

General Political ScienceSocial MovementsTurkey & Ottoman Empire History

ISBN10: 139950598X
ISBN13: 9781399505987
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Jan 12 2024
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book focuses on relations between paramilitary groups and the Turkish state during the armed conflict between the state and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan, PKK) in the 1990s. In August 1984, the PKK launched an armed struggle against the Turkish state, leading to a full-blown war throughout the 1990s. During the conflict, the Turkish state established new armed groups, many of them having a paramilitary character. This research investigates the ways in which these paramilitary groups emerged, functioned, and were deactivated. It analyses the historical background, transformations and continuities of these paramilitary groups, and examines their violence against civilians particularly in two regions of Northern Kurdistan: Batman province and Cizre district.

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