Narcoterrorism and PKK's approach to drug trafficking from 2000 to 2021

Hamidi, Reza; SEDDIGH, MIREBRAHIM; Soltani, Fakhruddin; Padervand, Mahdi

Narcoterrorism and PKK's approach to drug trafficking from 2000 to 2021

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Ph.D. student of International Relations, Azad University, Karaj branch

² چهارراه طالقانی.ضلع جنوب شرقی.جنب پارکینگ طبقاتی شهرداری.برج آرین البرز.طبقه 13.واحد22

³ Assistant Professor of Islamic Azad University, Karaj branch

⁴ Graduate of International Relations

Abstract

Since 1984, the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK has been waging an armed struggle against the central government of Turkey to gain autonomy in the Kurdistan region of Turkey, and for this purpose, the Kurdistan Workers' Party has been listed as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, and several other countries. Therefore, in order to maintain themselves in the heart of power, Kurdish parties are trying to secure their financial resources through drug trafficking. This action, in turn, provided them with the financial resources they needed and also damaged their ideology among the countries. This research tries to investigate the effects of drug trafficking for the PKK terrorist group using the descriptive-analytical method and using the cost-benefit theory. Therefore, he has collected the necessary information from books, articles and internet sources. The question is, what approach did the PKK terrorist group adopt towards drug trafficking? And what has been the cost and benefit for this group? The working hypothesis states that PKK has a political-economic approach to drug trafficking, because drug trafficking provides financial expenses, purchase of military weapons, faster recruitment, strengthening its position among Kurdish parties, among other important things. The most important benefits of drug trafficking for this group and on the other hand being called terrorism, contamination of the Kurdish language and their forces, military tensions for the purpose of drug transit, reduction of political legitimacy among the people are among the most important costs. to mention.

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