Accession Number:

AD1084090

Title:

Implications of the 2017 Independence Referendum of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq on the Kurdistan Workers Party

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,14 Aug 2017,15 Jun 2018

Corporate Author:

US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United States

Personal Author(s):

• Amalyan, Hayk

Report Date:

2018-06-15

Pagination or Media Count:

89.0

Abstract:

This is a study of the effects of the 2017 independence referendum of Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq KRG on the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK. The study begins with a summarized introduction to the modern Kurdish history, key Kurdish organizations in the region, such as the PKK, KDP, PUK, GORRAN, and description of the strategy of Turkey and Iraq towards the KRG and the PKK. Then, the study analyses the historical background and current state of relations between the KRG and the PKK the transformation of the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq after the referendum the perspectives of the KRG relations to the PKK the Political-Economic, Military-Security, and Infrastructure considerations and the role of the basing in the Northern Iraq mountains for the PKK. This study identified the transformation of the KRG after the referendum in 2017. This transformation includes the increase of Iraqi government control over the region. The KRG lost a considerable portion of sovereignty after the referendum of independence. The study concludes that the PKK as an organization became significantly more vulnerable, because of involvement in the changes of the status of the KRG.

Descriptors:

• turkey
• Iraq
• GOVERNMENT (FOREIGN)
• KURDS
• infrastructure
• ETHNIC GROUPS
• MIDDLE EAST
• ASSIMILATION
• AUTONOMY
• INSURGENCY
• GENOCIDE

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE