Blood, Borders and Betrayal: A Military History of Kurds Volume 3
The Rebirth of PKK and the Rise of Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Series : Middle East@War
Author : Alexandros Boufesis
Print Editions
Paperback
Not yet published - in Spring 2027 list
Details
General - Pages : 112 | Images : 60 b/w illustrations, 60 b/w photos, 25 colour illustrations, 15 colour photos, 9 colour profiles, 4 colour maps
Paperback - Size : 297mm x 210mm | ISBN : 9781806725427 | Helion Book Code : HEL2373
Blood, Borders and Betrayal, Volume 3, covers the interactions between President Erdoğan of Turkey and the PKK. Erdoğan used Turkey’s EU accession negotiations and the Ergenekon affair to weaken the Turkish armed forces and challenge the Kemalist Deep State. He consolidated power, thwarted a military plot against Greece, and allied with the far-right MHP after his peace proposals were rejected by the Kurds. After the 2016 coup, Erdoğan launched operations in Syria and Iraq against ISIS, Kurdish militants, and PKK bases, relying heavily on drones. This volume also covers PKK’s urban terror campaign.
