Anatomy of a Civil War - 9780472131006

Anatomy of a Civil WarSociopolitical Impacts of the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey\nAuthor(s): Mehmet Gurses\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472131006, 978-0472131006\nSynopsis\nAnatomy of a Civil War demonstrates the destructive nature of war, ranging from the physical to the psychosocial, as well as wars detrimental effects on the environment. Despite such horrific aspects, evidence suggests that civil war is likely to generate multilayered outcomes. To examine the transformative aspects of civil war, Mehmet Gurses draws on an original survey conducted in Turkey, where a Kurdish armed group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), has been waging an intermittent insurgency for Kurdish self-rule since 1984. Findings from a probability sample of 2,100 individuals randomly selected from three major Kurdish-populated provinces in the eastern part of Turkey, coupled with insights from face-to-f.