Turkish Paramilitarism in Northern Kurdistan

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Turkish Paramilitarism in Northern Kurdistan is written by Ayhan Isik and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1399506005 (ISBN 10) and 9781399506007 (ISBN 13).

This book focuses on relations between paramilitary groups and the Turkish state during the armed conflict between the state and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan, PKK) in the 1990s. In August 1984, the PKK launched an armed struggle against the Turkish state, leading to a full-blown war throughout the 1990s. During the conflict, the Turkish state established new armed groups, many of them having a paramilitary character. This research investigates the ways in which these paramilitary groups emerged, functioned, and were deactivated. It analyses the historical background, transformations and continuities of these paramilitary groups, and examines their violence against civilians particularly in two regions of Northern Kurdistan: Batman province and Cizre district.