The Oslo Talks: Revealing the Turkish Government's Secret Negotiations with the PKK

İ. Aytaç Kadıoğlu

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2019, vol. 42, issue 10, 915-933

Abstract: This article explores the extent to which the secret talks influenced the path of official negotiations toward ending Turkey's Kurdish conflict, which the scholarly literature has yet to assess. Utilizing interviews with key political actors, this article aims to close this gap by assessing the Oslo talks (2006–2011) as the most comprehensive secret contact between the Turkish government and Kurdistan Workers' Party. It demonstrates that the secret track is not merely a “pre-negotiation” stage aimed at de-escalating the violent conflict ahead of official talks, but also a crucial part of the negotiation stage aimed at establishing a final political agreement.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2018.1430658

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