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Structured around strategic foundations, operational developments, and emerging threats, the book examines how Türkiye has adapted to the evolving landscape of terrorism.
List of contents
Part I: Strategic foundations for countering the PKK. 1. A holistic perspective to Türkiye's fight against PKK terrorism. 2. Examining the political, economic, and social dimensions of countering the PKK. 3. Criminal justice model in countering the PKK. 4. The international law perspective in countering the PKK.
Part II: Counterterrorism operations and security capacity enhancement. 5. Urban terrorism strategy of the PKK and Türkiye's fight against it. 6. A legal and operational analysis of Türkiye's cross-border counterterrorism operations against the PKK. 7. Developments in Turkish defence/security technology and the fight against the PKK. 8. The role of intelligence in countering the PKK.
Part III: Emerging threats and evolving countermeasures. 9. Fighting against the PKK and its organized crime capabilities. 10. Combatting the PKK as a cybersecurity threat. 11. Persuasion processes as a de-radicalization strategy in counterterrorism against the PKK. 12. Narrative in combatting the PKK's propaganda.
About the author
Cenker Korhan Demir, PhD, is a Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Hasan Kalyoncu University in Gaziantep, Türkiye. He earned his PhD from the National Defence University in Ankara with a dissertation on ethnic-separatist terrorism. His main research areas revolve around international security, terrorism, radicalisation, insurgency, strategy, and war studies. Dr. Demir has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has authored several books on terrorism and security. He currently leads a research project funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye that explores the intersections of radicalisation and migration.
Erol Bäaran Bural, MSc, is the Director of the Research Center for Defense against Terrorism and Radicalization Association (TERAM). He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 1992 and served in the Turkish army for 24 years. He earned a master's at the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy, Security Sciences Faculty, International Security and Terrorism in 2021. Bural's primary research focuses on terrorism, counterterrorism, intelligence, and psychological operations. He has published one book and numerous book chapters, academic articles, columns, analyses, opinion pieces, and reports mainly on terrorism, counterterrorism, intelligence, and psychological operations.
