Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Turkey

Spyridon Plakoudas is Assistant Professor in Strategy and Security at the American University in the Emirates, UAE.

1. Why Study the PKK versus Turkey Conflict.- 2. The "War of the Flea".- 3. The Kurdish "Phoenix" (2004-2012).- 4. The "Solution Process" (2013-2015).- 5. The Two-Fold "War on Terror" (2015-2017).- 6. What Lies Ahead.

"This book is an important contribution to the literature. It will be of particular interest to scholars of critical terrorism studies, conflict resolution and those who research the resolution of the Kurdish Conflict. ... this is an interesting, engaging, easy-to-read book that raises very important questions on the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey and pushes forward the boundaries of this area of study." (Recep Onursal, Critical Studies on Terrorism, November 28, 2019)

“This book is an important contribution to the literature. It will be of particular interest to scholars of critical terrorism studies, conflict resolution and those who research the resolution of the Kurdish Conflict. … this is an interesting, engaging, easy-to-read book that raises very important questions on the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey and pushes forward the boundaries of this area of study.” (Recep Onursal, Critical Studies on Terrorism, November 28, 2019)