Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein cowrites for Al Jazeera on the violence in Turkey between the government and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK):
Nearly two months after renewed fighting between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces dashed hopes for an historic ceasefire, a deadly cycle of violence gripped Turkey’s Kurdish southeast, recalling the darkest days of the three-decade-long conflict.
But two deadly attacks by the PKK have recently seen the government pledge to escalate the conflict further, raising alarm before scheduled national elections on November 1.