On the rural domestic front, Turkish security forces have been fighting against PKK terrorists for decades in eastern Turkey, and as a well-settled organization the fight against PKK is rather effective.
The Defender of Democracy: The Turkish People
However, the clouds above Turkey only darkened as the third attack came from another terrorist organisation, the PKK, apparently with the sole aim of toppling the president Erdoğan and the AK Party government.
Ein gescheiterter Putschversuch und die westliche Doppelmoral
Aus diesem Grund wird die Türkei, wie bei ihrer Terrorbekämpfung im Rahmen der PKK, PYD, DHKP-C u.
Turkey’s ISIS Problem
The reemergence of PKK terrorism fed by ethnic radicalization and the ISIS terror campaign based on religious radicalization have constituted a common offensive front against Turkey.
The Impact of the Syrian Civil War on Identity Groups in Turkey
Most people in Turkey are fully aware of how the peace process ended, as the PKK attacked the Turkish Security Forces in the summer of 2015.
The US Army Special Forces in Syria
In 2015, the US Special Forces affiliated with the YPG – the Syrian branch of the PKK – in Syria and prompted a major terror threat against Turkey.
Rebuilding Sur: Challenges and Opportunities
The reconstruction of historic cities has become entrenched in the Turkish political agenda due to security operations against the PKK terrorists in the Sur district, the ancient heart of Diyarbakır, in the winter months of 2015-16.
Is Normalization Possible in Turkish-Egyptian Relations?
And Turkey’s criticism of US support to the PYD, the Syrian branch of the PKK terrorist organization, created tension between the two countries.
Between the Privilege of Committing Crime and Political Freedoms: Parliamentary Immunities in Turkey
There were even legislatures who carried weapons or PKK militants in their vehicles.
Increasing Cooperation Between Ankara and Washington on the Syrian Issue: How About Revisiting the Safe Zone Idea?
Furthermore, Washington’s current preferred alliance with the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which is closely cooperating with the PKK in Syria in the fight against DAESH remains another serious point of friction between the two sides where Ankara rightfully rejects all kinds of terrorism and naturally expects its NATO ally to show respect and understanding in this regard.
On Nationalism, Ethnicity and Ethnicity Regimes
It is not surprising that many ethnic insurgencies from the Shining Path to the PKK movement in Turkey are Marxist-Leninist.
The Geneva Talks and Syria in its Aftermath
As the Syrian branch of PKK, PYD is openly conducting an armed struggle against Turkey and uses every means to create a civil war in the country.
ISIL: Horror and Terror Revisited
Kurdish nationalism, PKK and its affiliates in Syria and Iraq have grown stronger.
Turkey’s Settlement Process: Back to the Original Positions?
When the PKK, a Marxist organization with instrumental nationalism, launched a military campaign in 1984 against the Turkish state, a new chapter was opened in the treatment of the issue.