Counterterrorism in Turkey

Policy Choices and Policy Effects toward the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-71364-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy

Counterterrorism in Turkey comprehensively analyses Turkey’s counterterrorism policies in the context of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party), an ethnicity-based guerrilla insurgency group employing terrorism.

Contrary to most of the counterterrorism studies that focused on single aspect of the phenomenon, this book offers multi-level analyses from a variety of perspectives using both quantitative and qualitative data sets. Examining what measures have been taken so far, and what these policies really mean to the PKK and its sympathisers, Unal examines counterterrorism policies from both the perspective of the government and the PKK. The work evaluates whether policy choices so far have been effective (and in what circumstances) and how they have affected both levels of terrorist violence in Turkey and the nature of this violence.

This work provides a valuable contribution to the literature on counterterrorism and will be of interest to both practitioners and scholars of terrorism studies, extremism and ethnic conflict.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unal, Mustafa Cosar

Unal, Mustafa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Politische Unterdrückung & Verfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Political Violence and Terrorism in Turkey 2. Counterterrorism in General 3. Methods and Data 4. Examination of the Turkish Counterterrorism Policies 5. Incapacitating PKK Members 6. Analysis of Policies from the PKK's Perspective 7. PKK's Ability to Initiate Violent Incidents 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Mustafa Cosar Ünal is a Chief Superintendent within the Intelligence Department of the Turkish National Police.