Labelling Ethno-Political Groups as Terrorists
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Labelling Ethno-Political Groups as Terrorists

The Case of the PKK in TĂŒrkiye

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eBook - ePub

Labelling Ethno-Political Groups as Terrorists

The Case of the PKK in TĂŒrkiye

About this book

This book examines the impact of applying the "terrorist" label to a group's choice to resort to violence within an ethnonationalist conflict.

Using the Partiya KarkerĂȘn KurdistanĂȘ (PKK) in TĂŒrkiye as a primary case study, the book interrogates the socio-political ramifications of the Turkish government's decision to label the PKK as a terrorist organisation. Drawing on longitudinal interviews, newly opened Turkish and Kurdish archives, media frame databases, and casualty logs, it maps five decisive moments: the 1984 guerrilla launch; Abdullah Öcalan's 1999 arrest; the 2012–2015 peace talks; Kobani's stand against ISIS in 2015 in a town in Syria; and the 2025 stand down. Furthermore, the study's empirical analysis and discussions reveal that the invocation of the label "terrorist" against the PKK places the group's actors and sympathisers in a situation that makes it harder for them to engage in peaceful means of resolving the conflict. Using four waves of interviews with Kurds in TĂŒrkiye and Syria spanning over a decade, the book offers dynamic insights into how attitudes towards the PKK and the "terrorist" label have shifted over time.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of terrorism and political violence, ethnic conflict, critical security studies, and international relations.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. List of Figures
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. Preface
  12. Introduction
  13. 1 Labels in Conflict Discourse
  14. 2 The Labelling–Securitisation Nexus
  15. 3 The PKK: Transnational Kurdish Politics in TĂŒrkiye, Iraq, Iran, and Syria
  16. 4 The PKK: From Formation to Peace Negotiations
  17. 5 Securitising Kurdish Identity: How the “Terrorist” Label Shapes the PKK in TĂŒrkiye
  18. 6 Women’s Participation in the PKK: From Guerrilla Beginnings to a Transnational Movement
  19. 7 Mediating the Terrorist Label: Turkish and International Coverage of the PKK (2011–2025)
  20. 8 Beyond the PKK: Transferability and Limits of the Terrorist Designation
  21. 9 From “Terrorist” Label to Conflict Transformation
  22. Conclusion: De-labelling, De-securitisation, and Pathways Beyond the “Terrorist” Paradigm
  23. Appendix A: Full Discourse Analysis of Empirical Data
  24. Appendix B: Multi-tier Source Validation and Bias Control
  25. Index