Strategy, Targets,

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Strategy, Targets, Methods of Operations
Kurdistan Workers Party(PKK)

• By
• Kenyon Butts

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PKKs Strategy

• Violence as a method
• Peace with Turkey?
• Shift to Political Approach?

PKKs Leader Abdullah Öcalan
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PKKs Targets

• The PKK has targeted the following
• Turkish government security forces
• Kurdish Civilians
• Local Turkish officials and villagers
• Teachers
• Turkish diplomatic and commercial facilities
• Tourist sites and hotels

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PKKs Methods of Operations

• Terrorist tactics
• Guerrilla warfare
• Kidnappings
• Assassinations

• Suicide Bombings
• Coordinating attacks
• -Firebombs
• -Vandalism

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Summary

• Political Actor
• Strategy of violence and political means
• Successful Strategy?