Unresolved conflict, urban insurgency and devastating consequences in Turkey between 2015 and 2016
| Autor: | Suat Cubukcu, Ismail Onat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Insurgency
021110 strategic defence & security studies Government Civilian casualties media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Negotiation Political science Political economy Political Science and International Relations 050501 criminology Turkish government Law Pre and post 0505 law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism. 14:164-182 |
| ISSN: | 2159-5364 1833-5330 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/18335330.2019.1617431 |
| Popis: | Following the fallout of peace negotiations between the PKK and the Turkish government, armed conflicts ensued in urban centres in 2015. The PKK erected sandbags and trenches to control territories in the mainly-Kurdish southeastern cities. As a response, the government employed military forces with heavy weaponries to crackdown on the PKK and gain access to neighbourhoods. A large number of residences and neighbourhoods were destroyed, leading to hundreds of civilian casualties and injuries. This study traces landmarks in the PKK insurgency to understand the military interventions between July 2015 and December 2016. Drawing on reports from domestic and international entities, this research describes the consequences of the clashes over the study period. Then, it attempts to visualise and quantify the destruction that took place in conflict zones following the military crackdowns by comparing pre and post satellite images. Overall, the pattern and magnitude of devastation in predominantly Kurdish... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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