Counterterrorism in Turkey : policy choices and policy effects toward the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) / / Mustafa Cosar Unal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813203403321
• Autore: Unal Mustafa Cosar
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-57855-2; 1-280-66554-8; 9786613642479; 0-203-15465-7; 1-136-57856-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in extremism and democracy. Routledge research in extremism and democracy ; ; 15
• Disciplina: 363.325/1709561; 363.3251709561
• Soggetti: Terrorism - Turkey - Prevention; Kurds - Turkey
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Counterterrorism in Turkey; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; Political violence and terrorism in Turkey; The PKK; Turkish counterterrorism policies; Definition of terms; 2. Counterterrorism in general; Generic characteristics of the literature; Definition and typology of counterterrorism policies; Typology of counterterrorism policies from a psychologicalperspective; Principal counterterrorism theories and related research; 3. Methods and data; Data; Quantitative data analysis; Qualitative data analysis; 4. Examination of the Turkish counterterrorism policiesProvisional Village Guard System (GKK); Proclamation of state of emergency rule (SER); Forced evacuation of rural villages into village centers; Recognition of Nevruz; Adana Agreement; Capture of Abdullah Ocalan; Legitimization of the Kurdish language; Abolition of state security courts; Repentance laws; Analysis of the collective impact of all selected policies; Conclusion; 5. Incapacitating PKK members; Descriptive ; analysis of the terrorist incapacitation; VAR analysis of terrorist incapacitation; Conclusion; 6. Analysis of policies from the PKK's perspectivePKK-related dynamics and PKK violence; Preliminary phase; First phase; Second phase; Third phase; Fourth phase; Fifth phase; Conclusion; 7. The PKK's ability to initiate violent incidents; VAR results; Conclusion; 8. Conclusion; Findings; Discussion of findings; Policy perspective; The war concept and its psychological implications; The nature of cause/grievance and popular support; Popular support and legitimacy; Concluding remarks; Appendix A: VAR analyses for individual policies; Appendix B: Data and data collection; Appendix C: Constructing the VAR modelsAppendix D: Overview of the quantitative data; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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