The PKK and its evolution in Britain (1984-present)

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ID4086916
AuthorsMehmet Alper Sozer (0000-0001-5672-5519, Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey, corresponding author), Kamil Yilmaz (0000-0002-4544-4727, Independent researcher, Sivas, Turkey), Kamil Yılmaz (0000-0003-2455-2099, Independent researcher, Sivas, Turkey)
Year2019
Volume31
Issue2
Pages185-203
Publication date2019-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546553.2016.1194269
OpenAlexW2472713859
LanguageEN
Citations received5

As of today, a highly mobilized Kurdish diaspora and its most prominent representative, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has become so influential in the European political arena that it might tip the balance of the European Union’s policies on Turkey in its favor. Since too much attention has been given to the PKK’s activities in Germany, the organization’s actions in Britain remain understudied, despite the fact that Britain has been a vital place in Kurdish politics and political lobbying activities. Drawing on fieldwork findings, this article attempts to explore both the evolution and the political activities of the PKK in Britain across three different timeframes, from 1984 until the present time. Our findings suggest that in Britain, the PKK has departed in recent years from its conventional terrorist activities and transformed into a lobbying power that is likely to gain full legitimacy (i.e., being de-listed from terrorist organization lists) in the near future

Diaspora · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Turkey's Politics and Society

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