{"product_id":"9781783600380","title":"The Pkk: Coming Down from the Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is infamous for its violence. The struggle it has waged for Kurdish independence in south-eastern Turkey has cost in excess of 40,000 lives since 1984. Less known, however, is the fact that the PKK now embraces a non-violent end to the conflict, with its leader Abdullah Öcalan having ordered his fighters to ceasefire and engage in a negotiated peace with the Ankara Government. Whether these tentative attempts at peacemaking mean a long-term end to the bloodshed remains to be seen, but either way the ramifications for Turkey and the wider region are potentially huge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharting the ideological evolution of the PKK, as well as its origins, aims and organizational setup, Paul White provides the only authoritative and up-to-date analysis of one of the most important non-state political players in the contemporary Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zed Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049755492592,"sku":"9781783600380","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783600380_p0.jpg?v=1763724335","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783600380","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}