Profile and Life Span of the PKK Guerillas

Abstract

This study attempts to explore the span of a life in a specific terrorist organization, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). It suggests the following: The average lifespan of a person in the PKK is about two-and-a-half years (i.e., not a very long one). Females join the PKK at a younger age (about 1.4 years) and die at a younger age (about 1.4 years) compared to males, but their lifespan is not any different than that of males. The age at which a PKK member joins the organization, and the age at which (s)he dies varies by year. The age at which a PKK member joins the organization, and the age at which (s) he dies varies by where (s)he comes from. Still, another interesting observation is that the average lifespan of a PKK member varies by where (s)he comes from.Terrorism is a crime against humanity. It is usually assumed that the victims of terrorism are only the innocent people (e.g., the people who suffered during the attacks on 11 September

Examining terrorism threat and police performance

“…According to Ergil (2000), it has caused more than thirty thousand deaths in Turkey since its first deadly attack in 1984. Its broader goal is to liberate Kurds scattered in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria (Dahlman, 2002;Gergin et al, 2015). Lafree and Dugan (2009) listed the PKK as one of the ten deadliest terrorist organisations of the world.…”