The PKK : Coming down from the Mountains.

Front Cover -- Rebels -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Glossary of Organizations, Cities and Towns -- Glossary of Key Figures -- Chronology of Significant Events -- Introduction -- 1: 'The Time of Revolution Has Started' -- Figure 1 Map of Kurdistan -- Precursors of the PKK -- Emergence of the Modern Kurdish National Movement -- The Catalyst of Racist Provocation -- 2: PKK Origins and Ideological Formation -- From Disorientation to Refounding -- The PKK's Organization and Membership -- 3: Early Years of Struggle -- Towards Armed Struggle -- Armed Struggle Unfolds -- The PKK in Europe -- 4: From Ceasefire to All-Out War -- The Unilateral Ceasefire Ends -- The 2009 'Kurdish Opening' -- 2010: Serok Abandons Rapprochement with Turkey -- Turkey Responds by Bombing PKK Bases in Iraqi Kurdistan -- The Kurdish Diaspora's Role -- Breaking the Deadly Pattern? -- 5: The Move Towards Peace -- 31 December 2012: Peace Negotiations Announced -- Turkish Responses to the Turkish/Kurdish Peace Process -- Peace: Reality or Illusion? -- 6: Democratic Confederalism and the PKK's Feminist Transformation -- From Independent Kurdistan to 'Democratic Confederalism' -- Transformation into an Autonomist Movement of Democratic Confederalism -- Repression of the KCK -- The PKK and Women -- The PKK's Feminist Transformation -- PKK Women's Organizations -- A Radical Transformation -- 7: Coming Down from the Mountains -- From Terrorists to Legitimate Rebels? -- Economic Factors -- A 'Turkish Spring'? -- Return to Armed Conflict? -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.

The definitive introduction to the Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (PKK, Kurdistan Workers' Party) in Turkey.

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