States of Dispossession by Zerrin zlem Biner - 9781512828634

University of Pennsylvania Press

States of DispossessionViolence and Precarious Coexistence in Southeast Turkey\nAuthor(s): Zerrin zlem Biner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pennsylvania Press\nISBN-13: 9781512828634, 978-1512828634\nSynopsis\nTraces the violence of the protracted conflict in the Kurdish region of Turkey through the lens of dispossession\n The military conflict between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish Armed Forces has endured over the course of the past three decades. Since 1984, the conflict has claimed the lives of more than 45,000 civilians, militants, and soldiers, as well as causing thousands of casualties and disappearances. It has led to the displacement of millions of people and caused the forced evacuation of nearly 4,000 villages and towns. Suspended periodically by various cease-fires, the conflict has been a significant force in shaping many of the ethnic, social, and political enclaves of contempora.