The Kurds in Erdoğan's Turkey balancing identity, resistance and citizenship

The Kurds in Erdoğan's Turkey balancing identity, resistance and citizenship

This book examines the circumstances of the Kurds in 21st century Turkey, under the hegemony of the AKP government. After decades of denial, oppression and conflict, Kurds now assert a more confident presence in Turkey's politics -- but does increasing visibility mean a rejection of Turkey? Rec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gourlay, William
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Series:Edinburgh studies on modern Turkey.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Turkey > Ethnic relations.
Turkey > Politics and government > 21st century.
Turkey.
Kurds > Turkey.
Kurds > Turkey > Ethnic identity.
Kurds > Turkey > Social conditions.
Kurds > Political activity > Turkey.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship
Ethnic relations.
Kurds.
Kurds > Ethnic identity.
Kurds > Political activity.
Kurds > Social conditions.
Politics and government.
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Electronic books.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Eruption in Diyarbakır
  • 1. Identity, ethnicity, politics : from Kemalism to 'New Turkey'
  • 2. Talking to Kurds about 'identity'
  • 3. Demarcating Kurdish culture
  • 4. The Kurds and Islam : defying hegemony and the 'caliphate'
  • 5. Contesting homeland(s) : city, soil and landscape
  • 6. Kurdayetî : Pan-Kurdish sentiment and solidarity
  • 7. Oppression, solidarity, resistance
  • 8. Kurds as citizens
  • Conclusion : Reconciling ethnic identity, citizenship and the 'ideal' in Erdoğan's Turkey?

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