Turkish paramilitarism in Northern Kurdistan : state violence in the 1990s / Ayhan Ișik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Işik, Ayhan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê.

Kurds--Violence against--Turkey--History--20th century.

Kurds.

Political violence--Turkey--History--20th century.

Political violence.

Paramilitary forces--Turkey.

Paramilitary forces.

Kurdistan--Politics and government--20th century.

Kurdistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 259 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This book focuses on paramilitary groups and the Turkish state relations 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.

Contents:

Intro

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Principal Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Origin, Legacy and Continuity of Turkish Paramilitary Formations

2 Paramilitaries and State Relation: Establishment of the Paramilitary Forces in the 1980s

3 The Changing Military Strategy and Reorganisation of Paramilitary Forces

4 Bureaucracy and Political Violence (1992-7): Paramilitarism in Batman Province

5 Localised Paramilitarisation of the State (1992-9): The Case of Cizre

Conclusion: The Continuity of the Reliable and Deniable Paramilitary History in Turke

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).

ISBN:

1-3995-0601-3

1-3995-0600-5

OCLC:

1424749371