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This extensive examination of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, Iraq, Germany, and the EU focuses on the history and development of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and its impact on transnational security, human rights, and democratization. The Militant A Dual Strategy for Freedom explores the complexity of the 30-year guerrilla war of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) against the Turkish Republic, identifying longstanding obstacles to peace and probing the new dynamics that may lead to an end to the conflict. In doing so, the book provides fascinating insights into Turkey's national ethos, its dominant military culture, and civil society's struggle for increased democratization. The Militant Kurds offers an extensive analysis of the precarious position of the Kurdish minority, beginning with the establishment of the modern Turkish republic in 1923. Divided into five sections examining current political realities in Turkey, the book investigates the role of Islam and ethnicity, analyzes the rise of the PKK, discusses Turkish military culture, and explains the international dimensions of the Kurdish conflict. Comparative historical, political, and socioeconomic examples contextualize the long struggle for Kurdish self-determination. Each chapter offers an analysis of the underlying dynamics of the conflict and provides up-to-date explanations. This extensive examination of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, Iraq, Germany, and the EU focuses on the history and development of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and its impact on transnational security, human rights, and democratization.The Militant Kurds: A Dual Strategy for Freedom explores the complexity of the 30-year guerrilla war of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) against the Turkish Republic, identifying longstanding obstacles to peace and probing the new dynamics that may lead to an end to the conflict. In doing so, the book provides fascinating insights into Turkey's national ethos, its dominant military culture, and civil society's struggle for increased democratization.The Militant Kurds offers an extensive analysis of the precarious position of the Kurdish minority, beginning with the establishment of the modern Turkish republic in 1923. Divided into five sections examining current political realities in Turkey, the book investigates the role of Islam and ethnicity, analyzes the rise of the PKK, discusses Turkish military culture, and explains the international dimensions of the Kurdish conflict. Comparative historical, political, and socioeconomic examples contextualize the long struggle for Kurdish self-determination. Each chapter offers an analysis of the underlying dynamics of the conflict and provides up-to-date explanations. Since 1984, An Estimated 40,000 Civilians, Soldiers, Security Personnel, And Kurdish Workers Party (pkk) Combatants Have Died As A Result Of The Kurdish Conflict. Yet, As A Consequence Of The Iraq War In 2003, Interactions Between The United States, Turkey, And The Kurdish Minority In Turkey And The Krg (kurdish Regional Government) Changed Significantly. Could A Resolution Be In Sight? Framing The Conflict -- Denigration Of Turkishness -- The Kurdish Wedge -- Visions Of Kurdistan -- The Pkk And Armed Struggle -- Loss Of Status -- Blood Memories -- The Transnational Kurdish Web. Vera Eccarius-kelly. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [239]-244) And Index. Provides insights on the Kurdish question, the Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (PKK), and what both Turkish society and the European Union can contribute to encourage the formation of a more just and democratic Turkey. Evaluates the patterns and agendas of multiple political participants, including the United States, the Turkish government and various Turkish organizations involved in policy-making and shaping, individual European governments, the PKK and its assorted militant sub-groups, diverse Kurdish communities and their representatives, and civil society actors