In 1919, a successor to the 1913 militant nationalist organization, the Irish Volunteers, was formed with the purpose of using armed forces to turn over British rule in Ireland. The IRA, or Irish Republican Army, fought for independence from Britain through the employment of guerilla warfare and vicious war tactics to force the British officials to reconsider their rule. After negotiations with Great Britain, two autonomous political entities were formed: Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State. However, this result was unacceptable to the majority of IRA members, and the organization split into two factions. One faction supported the new treaty. The other faction did not. They continued to recruit members, act violently, and drill illegally
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However, a lack of support by Catholic citizens in Northern Ireland gridlocked their efforts. The Catholic population, a minority in Ireland, began a civil rights campaign due to minority political violence and were vehemently protected by the IRA in Northern Ireland. This catalyzed the second split by the IRA into the Official and Provisional Irish Republican Army. The Official Republican Army preferred little violence and political or parliamentary tactics in order to achieve their goals. The Provisional Irish Republican Army did not agree, and thought that terrorism and violence were absolutely necessary to rid Ireland of all British influence. However, both still wanted the United Socialist Irish …show more content…
Despite a rise in the violence in Turkey’s Kurdish region in mid-2014, there is still hope for peaceful negotiations between Kurdish militants and the Turkish government. However, both sides must show more authentic commitment to negotiations if peace is to be achieved. Violence spread across Kurdish areas in June, with some 40 people killed during riots by Kurds angry with the government for not doing enough to assist their Kurdish kinsmen in the Syrian town of Kobane, which had been under a siege by the Islamic State. Kobane is one of the five cities with large Kurdish populations that is currently controlled by the Islamic State. Turkey had been reluctant to help Kurdish fighters in Kobane out of fear of strengthening the PKK in Turkey, because of the two groups close
However, a lack of support by Catholic citizens in Northern Ireland gridlocked their efforts. The Catholic population, a minority in Ireland, began a civil rights campaign due to minority political violence and were vehemently protected by the IRA in Northern Ireland. This catalyzed the second split by the IRA into the Official and Provisional Irish Republican Army. The Official Republican Army preferred little violence and political or parliamentary tactics in order to achieve their goals. The Provisional Irish Republican Army did not agree, and thought that terrorism and violence were absolutely necessary to rid Ireland of all British influence. However, both still wanted the United Socialist Irish …show more content…
Despite a rise in the violence in Turkey’s Kurdish region in mid-2014, there is still hope for peaceful negotiations between Kurdish militants and the Turkish government. However, both sides must show more authentic commitment to negotiations if peace is to be achieved. Violence spread across Kurdish areas in June, with some 40 people killed during riots by Kurds angry with the government for not doing enough to assist their Kurdish kinsmen in the Syrian town of Kobane, which had been under a siege by the Islamic State. Kobane is one of the five cities with large Kurdish populations that is currently controlled by the Islamic State. Turkey had been reluctant to help Kurdish fighters in Kobane out of fear of strengthening the PKK in Turkey, because of the two groups close