White, Doctor Paul. <br/><br/>
The PKK :  Coming down from the Mountains. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (218 pages) 
 - Rebels Series .
 - Rebels Series .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> The definitive introduction to the Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (PKK, Kurdistan Workers' Party) in Turkey. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781783600397 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê--History.<br/>Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê. (OCoLC)fst00650197.<br/>Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan.<br/>Government, Resistance to--Turkey.<br/>Kurds--Civil rights--Turkey.<br/>Kurds--Turkey--History--Autonomy and independence movements.<br/>Kurds--Turkey--Politics and government--20th century.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.<br/>Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005.<br/>Government, Resistance to. (OCoLC)fst00945663.<br/>Kurds--Autonomy and independence movements. (OCoLC)fst01905895.<br/>Kurds--Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00989404.<br/>Kurds--Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst00989418.<br/>Kurden.<br/>Menschenrecht.<br/>Kurder.<br/>Turkey--Ethnic relations.<br/>Turkey. (OCoLC)fst01208963.<br/>Türkei.<br/>History.0(OCoLC)fst01411628.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DR435.K87W48 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>324.2561084095667