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PKK: Dağlardan İnmek
"Türkiye'nin 1980'ler ve 1990'lardaki Kürt sorununu çözmek için amansız bir askerî güç kullanma yönündeki tercihi (…) Ankara'nın umduğunun tam tersi bir sonuç yarattı…" Kürt hareketi ve PKK üzerine yaptığı çalışmalarla tanınan Paul White, PKK'nin kuruluşundan 2014 ortalarına kadar uzanan bir zaman diliminde yaşanan gelişmeleri özlü bir anlatımla aktarıyor. White, PKK'nin başlangıçta izlediği yolu 1999'dan itibaren nasıl değiştirmeye başladığını, Abdullah Öcalan'ın bir "müzakereci" olarak rolünü, Türkiye devletinin Kürt sorununda zaman içinde takındığı tutumları değerlendiriyor.
"Türkiye'deki Kürt-Türk çatışması ölümcül bir gidişata işaret ediyordu: Sonuçsuz barış girişimlerinin ardından gelen daha şiddetli bir kan davası…"
PKK'nin yapısı, kökenleri ve hedeflerinin yanı sıra ideolojik evrimini de adım adım sergileyen Paul White, kadınların örgüt içindeki rollerine ve diasporadaki Kürtlere göz atmayı ihmal etmiyor. Radikal belediyecilik, demokratik konfederalizm, barış süreci gibi kavram ve olguları da ele alan, Türkiye'ye ve PKK'ye geçmişten günümüze eleştirel bir gözle de bakabilen, neler olup bittiğini anlamak için yardımcı bir kitap…
"Türkiye'deki Kürt-Türk çatışması ölümcül bir gidişata işaret ediyordu: Sonuçsuz barış girişimlerinin ardından gelen daha şiddetli bir kan davası…"
PKK'nin yapısı, kökenleri ve hedeflerinin yanı sıra ideolojik evrimini de adım adım sergileyen Paul White, kadınların örgüt içindeki rollerine ve diasporadaki Kürtlere göz atmayı ihmal etmiyor. Radikal belediyecilik, demokratik konfederalizm, barış süreci gibi kavram ve olguları da ele alan, Türkiye'ye ve PKK'ye geçmişten günümüze eleştirel bir gözle de bakabilen, neler olup bittiğini anlamak için yardımcı bir kitap…
239 pages, Paperback
First published August 15, 2015
About the author
Paul White
5 books1 followerDr Paul White works as an independent consultant in Jakarta, Indonesia. He has taught Middle East Politics courses at Deakin University in Melbourne; at Macquarie University in Sydney; and at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. He was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and serves on the board of directors of the Kurdish Institute, Washington DC.
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July 15, 2019
This is a difficult book to both review and critique. First half of the book breifly deals with history of Kurds and origins of the PKK. From here, White reports what's known of the the PKK today since the late 90s when the leader of the movement was detained. From here on, White further delves into modern day middle east geopolitical events and influence of Kurds - either explicit or implicit.
White tries to take an unbiased approach to view the movement and the group as is, as he refers to several news reports from various media outlets and not just mainstream western and reports published by non government research groups.
It's a lot to take in, no doubt but the information here will add additional understanding to existing conflicts.
White tries to take an unbiased approach to view the movement and the group as is, as he refers to several news reports from various media outlets and not just mainstream western and reports published by non government research groups.
It's a lot to take in, no doubt but the information here will add additional understanding to existing conflicts.
February 18, 2016
Indispensable history of the PKK from the 80s to 2014. Not too in depth, but a good primer on the story and development of the PKK, and very well researched and sourced.
September 2, 2018
wikipedia başlığı gibi bir kitap olmuş. yazar her ne kadar pkk tarihine ve organizasyonel yapısına hakimse de türkiye tarihine ve son dönemdeki güncel gelişmelere uzak bir görüntü çiziyor.
September 24, 2015
'The PKK: Coming Down from the Mountains' was an interesting and pretty smooth read. It would be enjoyed by anyone seeking an introduction to the organisation's chronicle in conjunction with elements of Kurdish history.
Paul White has included a very thorough bibliography and the text is teeming with references to all kinds of sources, including manifestos, statements, news articles etc. This could potentially prove to be very useful to anyone (me included) that would like to learn more about the PKK's past as well as current situation.
One thing that I found as a downside was the somewhat repetitive or recursive pattern of the first half of the book with regards to events.
Apart from that it was quite informative and easily swept through.
Paul White has included a very thorough bibliography and the text is teeming with references to all kinds of sources, including manifestos, statements, news articles etc. This could potentially prove to be very useful to anyone (me included) that would like to learn more about the PKK's past as well as current situation.
One thing that I found as a downside was the somewhat repetitive or recursive pattern of the first half of the book with regards to events.
Apart from that it was quite informative and easily swept through.
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