{"product_id":"turkeys-mission-impossible-9781498587501","title":"Turkeys Mission Impossible","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a work of excavation of the modern history of Turkey, with the Kurdish question at its center, unearthed and exposed in Çandar's captivating narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe founding of a Turkish nation-state in Asia Minor brought with it the denial of the distinct Kurdish identity in its midst, giving birth to an intractable problem that led to intermittent Kurdish revolts and culminated in the enduring insurgency of the PKK. The Kurdish question is perceived as a mortal threat for the survival of Turkey. The author weaves a fascinating account of the encounter between Turkey and the Kurds in historical perspective with special emphasis on failed peace processes. Providing a unique historical record of the authoritarian, centralist and ultra-nationalistrather than Islamistnature of the Turkish state rooted in the last decades of the Ottoman period and finally manifested in Erdogan's New Turkey, Çandar challenges stereotyped and conventional views on the Turkey of today and tomorrow.\u0026lt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter1: Historical and Ideological Background \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Kurdish Uprisings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Longest Kurdish Insurgency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Öcalan and the Birth and Evolution of the PKK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Özal, Talabani, Öcalan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. New Century, New Prospects, New Initiatives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Road to Oslo, Contacts, and Back Channels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Oslo, Talking on Secrecy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Erdoğan’s Dance with Öcalan: Peace Process in Public\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Elusive Peace, Not Talking Turkey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Battlefield Syria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Neighboring Quagmire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. A Coup for a New Turkey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Deep State \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. The Pedigree of Turkish Autocracy","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040851427671,"sku":"9781498587501","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498587501.jpg?v=1750948059","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/turkeys-mission-impossible-9781498587501","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}