PKK violence against civilians: beyond the individual, understanding collective targeting

This article examines the logic of civilian targeting in the Turkish-Kurdish civil war. It analyzes two instances of PKK violence: against pro-state Village Guards’ families in the 1980s and school-teachers in the 1990s. Against original data, we evaluate the extent to which the dominant conceptual...

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Authors: Masullo, Juan (Author) ; O'Connor, Francis 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-99
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