1st Edition

Counterterrorism in Turkey Policy Choices and Policy Effects toward the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

By Mustafa Coşar Ünal Copyright 2012
272 Pages 70 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

268 Pages 70 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 70 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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   

Biography

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