Turkish Counterterrorism Strategy against the PKK

A Security-Oriented Perspective
Herausgeber: Demir, Cenker Korhan; Bural, Erol Ba¿aran

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Structured around strategic foundations, operational developments, and emerging threats, the book examines how Türkiye has adapted to the evolving landscape of terrorism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9781041115250
• ISBN-10: 1041115253
• Artikelnr.: 74318295

Autorenporträt

Cenker Korhan Demir, PhD, is a Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Hasan Kalyoncu University in Gaziantep, Türkiye. He earned his PhD from the National Defence University in Ankara with a dissertation on ethnic-separatist terrorism. His main research areas revolve around international security, terrorism, radicalisation, insurgency, strategy, and war studies. Dr. Demir has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has authored several books on terrorism and security. He currently leads a research project funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye that explores the intersections of radicalisation and migration. Erol Bäaran Bural, MSc, is the Director of the Research Center for Defense against Terrorism and Radicalization Association (TERAM). He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1992 and served in the Turkish army for 24 years. He earned a master's at the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy, Security Sciences Faculty, International Security and Terrorism in 2021. Bural's primary research focuses on terrorism, counterterrorism, intelligence, and psychological operations. He has published one book and numerous book chapters, academic articles, columns, analyses, opinion pieces, and reports mainly on terrorism, counterterrorism, intelligence, and psychological operations.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Strategic foundations for countering the PKK. 1. A holistic
perspective to Türkiye's fight against PKK terrorism. 2. Examining the
political, economic, and social dimensions of countering the PKK. 3.
Criminal justice model in countering the PKK. 4. The international law
perspective in countering the PKK. Part II: Counterterrorism operations and
security capacity enhancement. 5. Urban terrorism strategy of the PKK and
Türkiye's fight against it. 6. A legal and operational analysis of
Türkiye's cross-border counterterrorism operations against the PKK. 7.
Developments in Turkish defence/security technology and the fight against
the PKK. 8. The role of intelligence in countering the PKK. Part III:
Emerging threats and evolving countermeasures. 9. Fighting against the PKK
and its organized crime capabilities. 10. Combatting the PKK as a
cybersecurity threat. 11. Persuasion processes as a de-radicalization
strategy in counterterrorism against the PKK. 12. Narrative in combatting
the PKK's propaganda.