Village Evacuation and Reconstruction in Kurdistan (1993-2002)

The countryside has been used as a medium for warfare and affected by counterinsurgency, but this has received relatively little attention. Transformations of the countryside in Turkish Kurdistan serve as the basis for discussing: Turkish counterinsurgency strategies from both military and political perspectives; the evacuation and destruction of villages in the course of campaigns; and development plans for the war zone. A major conclusion is that the Turkish government’s reconstruction and development plans continue the war by using other means