Coming to Terms with Forced Migration: Post-Displacement Restitution of Citizenship Rights in Turkey

Paperback, vi + 370 pages, NOT ex-library. Missing the flyleaf. Else interior VG: clean and bright, unmarked text, firm binding. Covers show creases (two diagonal creases in upper corner of front cover), wear to tips of corners, faint shelfworn marks, rubbing to edges. Spine with one short, minor crease. -- In Turkey, some one million men, women and children were forcibly uprooted from rural areas in the east and southeast as a result of the armed struggle from 1984 to 1999 between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish military. Large numbers fled to urban areas, where they have experienced poverty, poor housing, joblessness, loss of land and property, limited access to physical and mental health care services, and limited educational opportunities for their children. Those that have returned to their communities of origin also face major difficulties, including threats to their physical safety from landmines and village guards, and dire poverty due to insufficient job opportunities, public services, and compensation for lost property. This book digs deeply into the causes of conflict and displacement in Turkey, seeking to go beyond official versions and to unearth what really occurred and how best to move forward to resolve the political, economic and social divisions. The government would be well advised to study the findings and recommendations of this constructive volume. Acknowledging the plight of the displaced in both rural and urban areas and developing effective policies and programs to help them reintegrate is critical not only for the lives of the displaced but also for the coherence and stability of the country as a whole [Roberta Cohen, Brookings Institution]. -- Contents: 1. Introduction [Introduction to the English & Turkish Editions]; 2. Internal Displacement: International Norms and Practices [Internal Displacement: Current Global Conditions and Trends; A Critical Analysis of International Policies and Practices; Return, Reconstruction, and Best Practices in Conflict Resolution; Internal Displacement: Developments in International Law and Practices in Other Countries; A Mental Health Perspective]; 3. Internal Displacement in Turkey: The Issue, Policies, and Implementation; 4. The Approach of National and International Organizations to Turkey's Internal Displacement Problem [Approach of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the European Union to Turkey's Internal Displacement Problem; Human Rights Watch, Kurdish Human Rights Project, and the European Court of Human Rights on Internal Displacement in Turkey; Research Findings on Internal Displacement in Turkey: National Reports; Internal Displacement and Psychological and Public Health in Turkey: Past Studies, Expectations, and Obstacles]; 5. Fieldwork by the TESEV Working Group on Internal Displacement in Turkey [Internal Displacement in the Province of Diyarbakir: Return, Urban Issues, and Implementation of the Compensation Law; Evaluation of Fieldwork Conducted in the Province of Batman: The Socio-Economic Consequences of Internal Displacement and Obstacles to Return; Internal Displacement and Reparative Justice: Implementation of the Compensation Law in the Province of Batman; Internal Displacement and Social Exclusion: Problems Encountered by Internally Displaced Persons in the Provinces of Istanbul and Diyarbakir; Evaluation of Fieldwork Conducted in the Province of Hakkari: Causes and Psychological and Social Consequences of Internal Displacement and the Process of Return; Internal Displacement and Reparative Justice: Implementation of the Compensation Law in the Province of Hakkari]; 6. Conclusion [Towards a Solution to Turkey's Internal Displacement Problem: Social Reconciliation and Rehabilitation; Turkey's Internal Displacement Problem: Solution Proposals]; Tables; Addenda ['What the Report Leaves Unsaid': Commentary on Hacettepe Survey; Open Letter to the Ministry of Interior: Commentary on Hacettepe Survey]; Bibliography.…