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Abstract / Summary

Since 1984, fighting between the Turkish government and the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) has claimed tens of thousands of lives in southeastern Turkey. Despite the rising costs of the conflict, successive Turkish governments refused to negotiate with the PKK or to make significant concessions to the Kurdish population. This study traces the issues and history of that struggle, focusing on the missed opportunities to find a political settlement. It illustrates the complexity of resolving civil/ethnic conflict, asking students to assess the positions of the two sides and the role of the international community, and to evaluate the obstacles to a settlement and the possibilities for resolving the conflict.

Field of Interest

World History

Author

Paul Kubicek, 1968-

Publisher

The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Copyright Message

Copyright © 1997 The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Content Type

Case study

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Page Count

12

Publication Year

1997

Publisher

Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Place Published / Released

District of Columbia

Series Number

Case 248

Subject

World History, Global Issues, History, Social Sciences, War and Violence, Individual and Groups Rights, Border Enforcement and Control, Turkey and its Borders, Ethnic conflict, Nationalism, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Guerra y Violencia, Guerra e Violência, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Turquía, Kurdish Workers' Party, Turkey, Kurdish, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Series / Program

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Case Study Program

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Guerra y Violencia, Guerra e Violência, Direitos Individuais e de Grupo, Derechos del Individuo y de Grupos, Turquía