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Over the last 30 years, the Turkish state has faced the most compelling insurgency in its history which was instigated by the PKK (Kurdistan Workers? Party). During this period the PKK has also become a very prominent agency in the newly emergent Kurdish public sphere. However it experienced severe difficulties in the last decade following the arrest of its leader, Abdullah Öcalan. The incarnation of Öcalan brought crisis to the PKK, yet the party did not undergo a similar fate as Shining Path in Peru. The PKK has shown a strong ability to transform and return after its virtual defeat. More importantly, it has managed to keep Kurdish identity demands in Turkey politically alive and to create a kind of communication channel with the public as a mechanism for conflict management. This article discusses how Öcalan has continued to convey its messages from his cell and how these messages played a role of communication channel with his supporters, public and the state. In this study it will be elaborated on whether this negotiation without interlocutor can lead to manage the ongoing conflict or not.

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Akkaya, Ahmet Hamdi. “Negotiation without Interlocutor: The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey.” 61st Conference of the Political Studies Association : Transforming Politics: New Synergies, Abstracts, 2011.
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Akkaya, A. H. (2011). Negotiation without interlocutor: the Kurdish conflict in Turkey. 61st Conference of the Political Studies Association : Transforming Politics: New Synergies, Abstracts. Presented at the 61st Conference of the Political Studies Association : Transforming Politics: New Synergies, London, UK.
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Akkaya, Ahmet Hamdi. 2011. “Negotiation without Interlocutor: The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey.” In 61st Conference of the Political Studies Association : Transforming Politics: New Synergies, Abstracts.
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Akkaya, Ahmet Hamdi. 2011. “Negotiation without Interlocutor: The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey.” In 61st Conference of the Political Studies Association : Transforming Politics: New Synergies, Abstracts.
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Akkaya AH. Negotiation without interlocutor: the Kurdish conflict in Turkey. In: 61st Conference of the Political Studies Association : Transforming Politics: New Synergies, Abstracts. 2011.
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A. H. Akkaya, “Negotiation without interlocutor: the Kurdish conflict in Turkey,” in 61st Conference of the Political Studies Association : Transforming Politics: New Synergies, Abstracts, London, UK, 2011.
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  abstract     = {{Over the last 30 years, the Turkish state has faced the most compelling insurgency in its history which was instigated by the PKK (Kurdistan Workers? Party). During this period the PKK has also become a very prominent agency in the newly emergent Kurdish public sphere. However it experienced severe difficulties in the last decade following the arrest of its leader, Abdullah Öcalan. The incarnation of Öcalan brought crisis to the PKK, yet the party did not undergo a similar fate as Shining Path in Peru. The PKK has shown a strong ability to transform and return after its virtual defeat. More importantly, it has managed to keep Kurdish identity demands in Turkey politically alive and to create a kind of communication channel with the public as a mechanism for conflict management. This article discusses how Öcalan has continued to convey its messages from his cell and how these messages played a role of communication channel with his supporters, public and the state. In this study it will be elaborated on whether this negotiation without interlocutor can lead to manage the ongoing conflict or not.}},
  author       = {{Akkaya, Ahmet Hamdi}},
  booktitle    = {{61st Conference of the Political Studies Association : Transforming Politics: New Synergies, Abstracts}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{London, UK}},
  title        = {{Negotiation without interlocutor: the Kurdish conflict in Turkey}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}