IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/anname/v541y1995i1p116-129.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Turkish Imbroglio: Its Kurds

Author

Listed:
  • JAMES BROWN

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the current Kurdish problem in Turkey, the Turkish government's reaction to the issues raised by this problem, and the challenge the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) poses to Ankara through its tactics of intimidation and terrorism. This imbroglio is also detailed in both political and economic terms. The article goes on to analyze the implications of this conflict for Turkey's relations with Europe, the United States, and other regional players, such as Syria, Iraq, and Iran. The conflict could jeopardize Turkey's relations with Europe and Washington and limit Ankara's role as a stabilizing influence in the region, thereby limiting its role regionally and internationally. This linkage to the West will be very difficult to substitute. In addition, civil violence and terrorist acts by the PKK could deter foreign investments and undermine tourism, thus affecting Turkey's long-range economic plans. Finally, the future prospects and options that Turkey might consider in bringing this conflict to a manageable solution are assessed.

Suggested Citation

  • James Brown, 1995. "The Turkish Imbroglio: Its Kurds," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 541(1), pages 116-129, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:541:y:1995:i:1:p:116-129
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716295541001008
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002716295541001008
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0002716295541001008?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Sumanto Al Qurtuby, 2015. "Interethnic Violence, Separatism and Political Reconciliation in Turkey and Indonesia," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, , vol. 71(2), pages 126-145, June.
    2. Jaroslav Tir & Michael Jasinski, 2008. "Domestic-Level Diversionary Theory of War," Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 52(5), pages 641-664, October.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:541:y:1995:i:1:p:116-129. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.