Turkey's Kurdish conflict: Changing context, and domestic and regional implications

Middle East Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-253

  Somer, Murat ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; GEOPOLITICS; POLICY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 2642581721     PISSN: 00263141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3751/58.2.14     Document Type: Article

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