The Kurdistan Workers' Party turns against the European Union

Mediterranean Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-121

  Uslu, Emrullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELITE POLITICS; EUROPEAN UNION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; REGIONAL POLICY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KORDESTAN; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

EID: 45249115718     PISSN: 10474552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/10474552-2008-007     Document Type: Article

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