ABSTRACT

The article examines the Democratic Progress Institute’s (DPI) Turkey program as a Track Two comparative consultation initiative applied in the case of Turkey’s peace process regarding the Kurdish conflict, commonly known as the ‘resolution/peace process’ (2012–2015). Based on interviews with high- and middle-level actors participating in events organized by the DPI, the article investigates the extent the initiative reached its purposes of building capacities for peace through the dissemination of comparative insights on peacemaking and generating a joint understanding between the conflict representatives. While Turkish and Kurdish participants adopted comparative insights they gained from the DPI study trips and workshops, by learning lessons related to the negotiation process and practical matters, they partially sought to ‘fit’ those insights into their own perspectives and prior beliefs. The findings point to motivated reasoning and confirmation bias for issues that remained controversial throughout the public peace process in Turkey, mainly Disarmament-Demobilization-Reintegration (DDR) and transitional justice.

摘要

本文考察了民主进步研究所（DPI）的土耳其计划，将其作为第二轨道比较咨询倡议，该倡议适用于土耳其关于库尔德冲突的和平进程，通常被称为“决议/和平进程”（2012-2015年）。根据对参加新闻部组织的活动的高中层行动者的采访，本文调查了该倡议通过传播关于建立和平的比较见解并在冲突之间形成共同理解而达到其建设和平能力目的的程度。代表。土耳其和库尔德人参加者通过学习与谈判过程和实际问题有关的课程，从DPI的考察旅行和研讨会中获得了比较的见解，他们部分地试图使这些见解“适合”他们自己的观点和先前的信念。研究结果表明，对于整个土耳其在整个公共和平进程中仍存在争议的问题，主要是裁军复员和重返社会（DDR）和过渡司法，存在有动机的推理和确认偏见。