Turkey’s Mission Impossible. Cengiz Çandar

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      Turkey’s Mission

      Impossible

      Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations

      Series Editor: Bahar Baser, Coventry University

      This series strives to produce high quality academic work on Kurdish society and politics, and the international relations of Kurdish organizations and governments (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) both regionally and globally. The books in this series explore themes of contemporary relevance as well as presenting historical trajectories of the Kurdish populations. The series contributes to the rapidly growing literature on this topic with books that are original and make substantial empirical and theoretical contribution. The series’ main focus are the Kurds and the social, cultural and political environment in which Kurdish issues play out. The subjects that we are interested in include but are not limited to: the history of the Kurds, Kurdish politics and policies within Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria, as well as Kurdish politics and their impact on the international relations of the Middle East. This series also publishes books on the policies of the USA, Europe, and other countries towards Kurdish movements and territories, and interdisciplinary research on Kurdish societies, religions, social movements, and the Kurdish diaspora. Lastly, our aim is to contribute to the academic literature on Kurdish culture, arts, cinema and literature. This series speaks to audiences outside academia, and is not limited to area-studies topics. All books in this series will be peer-reviewed and demonstrate academic quality and rigor.

      Titles Published

      Customized Forms of Kurdishness in Turkey: State Rhetoric, Locality, and Language Use by Ceren Şengül

      Methodological Approaches in Kurdish Studies: Theoretical and Practical Insights from the Field by Bahar Baser, Yasin Duman, Mari Toivanen, and Begum Zorlu

      Kurdish Alevis and the Case of Dersim: Historical and Contemporary Insights by Erdal Gezik and Ahmet Kerim Gültekin

      The Geopolitics of Turkey–Kurdistan Relations: Cooperation, Security Dilemmas, and Economies by Mustafa Demir

      Kurds in Turkey: Ethnographies of Heterogeneous Experiences by Lucie Drechselová and Adnan Çelik

      Social Media and Democratization in Irai Kurdistan by Munir Hasan Mohammad

      The Kurdish Model of Political Community: A Vision of National Liberation Defiant of the Nation-State by Hanifi Baris

      Media and Politics in Kurdistan: How Politics and Media Are Locked in an Embrace by Mohammedali Yaseen Taha

      The Kurds in the Middle East: Enduring Problems and New Dynamics edited by Mehmet Gurses, David Romano, and Michael M. Gunter

      Turkey’s Mission Impossible: War and Peace with the Kurds by Cengiz Çandar

      Turkey’s Mission

      Impossible

      War and Peace with the Kurds

      Cengiz Çandar

      Foreword by Eugene Rogan

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      To my dear friends and all those Kurds and Turks who suffer and have

       suffered, within Turkey’s prisons and without, under injustice and tyranny.

      Contents

List of Figures

Foreword by Eugene Rogan

Notes on Spelling and Transliteration

Writing Turkey’s Mission Impossible

Introduction

PART I: INTRACTABLE CONFLICT

1 Historical and Ideological Background

2 Kurdish Uprisings

3 The Longest Kurdish Insurgency

       4 Öcalan and the Birth and Evolution of the PKK

       PART II: EXPLORING PEACE

       5 Özal, Talabani, Öcalan

       6 New Century, New Prospects, New Initiatives

       7 Road to Oslo, Contacts, and Back Channels

       8 Oslo, Talking in Secrecy

       9 Erdoğan’s Dance with Öcalan: Peace Process in Public

       PART III: PRIORITIZING WAR

       10 Elusive Peace, Not Talking Turkey

       11 Battlefield Syria

       12 Neighboring Quagmire

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