Forest burning as a counterinsurgency strategy in Eastern Turkey. Paper presented at the World Congress of Kurdish Studies, organized by the Kurdish Institute of Paris and Salahaddin University, Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, September 6 to September 9, 2006

J.P. Jongerden; J. van Etten; H. de Vos

Forest burning as a counterinsurgency strategy in Eastern Turkey. Paper presented at the World Congress of Kurdish Studies, organized by the Kurdish Institute of Paris and Salahaddin University, Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, September 6 to September 9, 2006

J.P. Jongerden
, J. van Etten
, H. de Vos

Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › Academic

Abstract

Beginning in the early 1990s, the Turkish Army was reported to use the burning of forests, fields and villages as a strategy in the conflict against the insurgent PKK. A case study of armed conflict in Tunceli, Eastern Turkey was done to evaluate this claim using satellite images for the verification of eye-witness reports collected by human rights groups. This paper establishes that substantial forest burnings took place between 1991 and 1994 in the study area. Turkey follows an international trend of resource destruction as an intentional goal of its counterinsurgency strategy

Original language	English
Number of pages	16
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	Conferentie - Duration: 6 Sept 2006 → 9 Sept 2006

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Conference/symposium	Conferentie
Period	6/09/06 → 9/09/06

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Jongerden, J. P., van Etten, J., & de Vos, H. (2006). Forest burning as a counterinsurgency strategy in Eastern Turkey. Paper presented at the World Congress of Kurdish Studies, organized by the Kurdish Institute of Paris and Salahaddin University, Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, September 6 to September 9, 2006. Paper presented at Conferentie. http://www.institutkurde.org/en/conferences/kurdish_studies_irbil_2006/pdf/joost_jongerden2.pdf

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Forest burning as a counterinsurgency strategy in Eastern Turkey. Paper presented at the World Congress of Kurdish Studies, organized by the Kurdish Institute of Paris and Salahaddin University, Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, September 6 to September 9, 2006. / Jongerden, J.P.; van Etten, J.; de Vos, H.
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Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › Academic

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