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This R&D provides resources on Turkey’s campaign against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The PKK was formed in the late 1970s and been in intermittent conflict with the Turkish government for more than three decades. The PKK is seeking an independent Kurdish state, something that Turkish policymakers fear as it could detach the southeastern part the country (which neighbors territory occupied by Kurds in Iraq). Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently renewed Turkey’s aggressive fight against the PKK, deeming the group as a terrorist organization, and fighting has occurred since August when two Turkish policemen were killed by the group.
As #Turkey‘s silence over Istanbul airport blast continues, #PKK splinter group claims attack, by @DionNissenbaum: https://t.co/63tMG9Fl4S
— Emre Peker (@wsjemre) December 27, 2015
Inside Story: What’s behind Turkey’s renewed crackdown on Kurds? pic.twitter.com/WCu5wBZKag
— AJE News (@AJENews) December 27, 2015
Kurdish militants killed as Turkey intensifies operations against PKK https://t.co/WYfLKXcxb5
— Middle East News (@MidEastNews) December 18, 2015
Turkey denies targeting civilians in fight against PKK. Report by @Um_uras https://t.co/l7U1isEYxA pic.twitter.com/6vQ2FliZ5L
— AJE News (@AJENews) December 23, 2015
Hundreds protest against Turkey’s anti-PKK offensive https://t.co/9rkgXHl9BZ pic.twitter.com/Fb1l1OqGFH
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) December 20, 2015
Turkey’s Kurds call for self-rule amid violence in southeast https://t.co/da7F4oIoPa
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) December 27, 2015
Turkey presses major offensive against PKK militants https://t.co/dbW0fcwfKs pic.twitter.com/Kebf4omNwX
— FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) December 20, 2015
“… Kurds’ fight for self-rule rages on” https://t.co/crqIginsjn #Kurdistan #Turkey
— Annick T.R. Wibben (@ATRWibben) December 18, 2015
the PKK has largely abandoned its traditional rural battleground to take the fight to the city https://t.co/iaARboMu8x via @ReutersIndia
— Wladimir (@vvanwilgenburg) December 19, 2015
Turkey will not allow PKK ‘chaos’ https://t.co/xsxdgBeWqO
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) December 19, 2015