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Karadavut, Mansur (2017)

Turkey-PKK peace process: Securitization and three factors for the failure

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Many factors influenced the eradication of the peace process between Turkey and the PKK in early 2015. Some scholars argue that the elections in 2015 and Recep Tayyip Erdogan's personal political ambitions towards a presidential system were the major factors behind the revival of the violence between Kurdish armed groups and Turkish security forces. Another given argument is the suspended bid of Turkey for accession to the European Union, and the incapability of the EU to enforce reforms within Turkey. Others state that the civil war in Syria, and the policies of Turkey concerning the Kurds in the region was crucial and caused a spill over of the conflict. The central question of this thesis is: what factors have led the Turkish government to change its policies towards the Kurdish groups after 2011 and subsequently led to the end of the Turkey-PKK peace process?

Turkey

PKK

Middle East

Peace Process

Securitization

Syria

PYD

Author

Karadavut, Mansur

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Middle East

Supervisors

Meijer, Roel

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en