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Conflict theory assumes that every society is subjected to a process of continuous change and that this process creates social conflicts. Hence, social change and social conflict are ubiquitous. Individuals and social classes, each with distinctive interests, represent the constituent elements of a society. As such, they are individually and ...
Turkish invasion of Cyprus (1974) Turkey TMT: Cyprus Greece: Victory. Turkish overall control of 36.2% of Cyprus; Fahri Korutürk: Bülent Ecevit: Kurdish-Turkish Conflict (1978–) Turkish operations during the conflict Turkey: KCK YDG-H HBDH TAK: Ongoing. Truce 2012–2014, renewed fight in 2015; Fahri Korutürk. Kenan Evren. Turgut Özal ...
In criminology, pyrrhic defeat theory is a way of looking at criminal justice policy. It suggests that the criminal justice system's intentions are the very opposite of common expectations; it functions the way it does in order to create a specific image of crime: one in which it is actually a threat from the poor.
Political violence in Turkey became a serious problem in the late 1970s [3] and was even described as a "low-level civil war". [4] The death squads of Turkish right-wing ultranationalist groups, sometimes allied with the state, inflicted around 5,000 casualties with the motivation of acting against the resistance of the left-wing opposition.
In the 1990s, the Grey Wolves turned their focus on the Kurds and participated in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict in Turkish Kurdistan. [118] In 1999, Hürriyet Daily News described the organization as "the staunchest opponent to the Kurdish cause in Turkey." [119] In May 1998, the Grey Wolves were involved in two murders.
Retributive justice is a legal concept whereby the criminal offender receives punishment proportional or similar to the crime.As opposed to revenge, retribution—and thus retributive justice—is not personal, is directed only at wrongdoing, has inherent limits, involves no pleasure at the suffering of others (i.e., schadenfreude, sadism), and employs procedural standards.
Some 30 [11] –50,000 [1] Turkish forces entered Iraq on 14 May in response to an appeal by the Kurdistan Democratic Party for support in its offensive against the PKK. [1] On 19 May, the KDP launched a military operation to evacuate all PKK fighters from their capital in Arbil, [11] which turned into a major battle in which 53 KDP and 58 PKK fighters were killed.
State-corporate crime is a concept in criminology for crimes that result from the relationship between the policies of the state and the policies and practices of commercial corporations. The term was coined by Kramer and Michalowski (1990), and redefined by Aulette and Michalowski (1993).