Kurdish Identity Islamism And Ottomanism

Author : Deniz Ekici
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793612601

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Kurdish Identity, Islamism, and Ottomanism by Deniz Ekici Pdf

A major common misconception in scholarship on Kurdish journalistic discourses is that Kurdish intellectuals of the late Ottoman period cannot be portrayed as Kurdish nationalists. This theory prevails because of the belief that they not only endorsed and promoted Pan-Islamism and Ottoman nationalism instead of Kurdish ethnic nationalism, but also because they allegedly eschewed political demands and instead concerned themselves with ethno-cultural issues to articulate forms of “Kurdism” rather than “Kurdish nationalism.” Refuting this underlying misconstruction of the nexus between Pan-Islamism, Ottomanism, and Kurdish nationalism, this book argues, based on empirical findings, that the Kurdish periodicals of the late Ottoman period served as a communicative space in which Kurdish intellectuals negotiated and disseminated an unmistakable form of Kurdish nationalism. It claims that hegemonic Ottomanist and Pan-Islamist political thought were used in pragmatic ways in the service of burgeoning Kurdish nationalism, but were rejected altogether when they were no longer useful to fostering Kurdish nationalism.

Author : Christopher Houston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000184389

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Islam, Kurds and the Turkish Nation State by Christopher Houston Pdf

Can Islamism, as is often claimed, truly unite Muslim Turks and Kurds in a discourse that supersedes ethnicity? This is a volatile and exciting time for a country whose long history has been characterized by dramatic power play. Evolving out of two years of fieldwork in Istanbul, this book examines the fragmenting Islamist political movement in Turkey. As Turkey emerges from a repressive modernizing project, various political identities are emerging and competing for influence. The Islamist movement celebrates the failure of Western liberalism in Turkey and the return of politics based on Muslim ideals. However, this vision is threatened by Kurdish nationalism and the country's troubled past. Is Islamist multiculturalism even possible? The ethnic tensions surfacing in Turkey beg the question whether the Muslim Turks and Kurds can find common ground in religion. Houston argues that such unification depends fundamentally upon the flexibility of the rationale behind the Islamist movement's struggle.

Author : Omer Taspinar
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Islam and politics
ISBN : 9780415949989

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Kurdish Nationalism and Political Islam in Turkey by Omer Taspinar Pdf

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Michael Eppel
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477311073

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A People Without a State by Michael Eppel Pdf

Numbering between 25 and 35 million worldwide, the Kurds are among the largest culturally and ethnically distinct people to remain stateless. A People Without a State offers an in-depth survey of an identity that has often been ignored in mainstream historiographies of the Middle East and brings to life the historical, social, and political developments in Kurdistani society over the past millennium. Michael Eppel begins with the myths and realities of the origins of the Kurds, describes the effect upon them of medieval Muslim states under Arab, Persian, and Turkish dominance, and recounts the emergence of tribal-feudal dynasties. He explores in detail the subsequent rise of Kurdish emirates, as well as this people’s literary and linguistic developments, particularly the flourishing of poetry. The turning tides of the nineteenth century, including Ottoman reforms and fluctuating Russian influence after the Crimean War, set in motion an early Kurdish nationalism that further expressed a distinct cultural identity. Stateless, but rooted in the region, the Kurds never achieved independence because of geopolitical conditions, tribal rivalries, and obstacles on the way to modernization. A People Without a State captures the developments that nonetheless forged a vast sociopolitical system.

Author : Gülay Türkmen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197511817

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Under the Banner of Islam by Gülay Türkmen Pdf

"How do religious, ethnic, and national identities interact in religiously homogenous ethnic conflicts? Is it possible for religion to act as a resolution tool in such conflicts? Why? Why not? In search for answers to these questions, Under the Banner of Islam focuses on the ambivalent role Sunni Islam has played in Turkey's Kurdish conflict-both as a conflict-resolution tool and as a tool of resistance-in the last two decades. Relying mainly on participant observation in Civil Friday Prayers and 62 interviews conducted in three different cities in Turkey (Istanbul and the majority-Kurdish Diyarbakir and Batman) between June 2012 and June 2013, it demonstrates that Sunni Islam has had a very limited impact as a conflict-resolution tool in Turkey. Blending interview data with a detailed historical institutional analysis that goes back as early as the nineteenth century, it argues that the strength of Turkish and Kurdish nationalisms, the symbiotic relationship between Turkey's religious and political fields, religious elites' varying conceptualizations of religious and ethnic identities, and the recent political developments in the region (particularly the establishment of an autonomous Kurdish region, Rojava, in Syria) have all contributed to this outcome. The resulting narrative is not only a record of religion, ethnicity, and nationalism in Turkey's Kurdish conflict, but also an investigation of how ethnic and religious identities are negotiated in conflict resolution and how symbolic boundaries are drawn in ethnic conflict zones"--

Author : Christopher Houston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015082702096

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Kurdistan by Christopher Houston Pdf

A concise history of the idea of Kurdistan

Author : Ofra Bengio
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780292758131

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Kurdish Awakening by Ofra Bengio Pdf

Kurdish Awakening examines key questions related to Kurdish nationalism and identity formation in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. The world's largest stateless ethnic group, Kurds have steadily grown in importance as a political power in the Middle East, particularly in light of the "Arab Spring." As a result, Kurdish issues—political, cultural, and historical alike—have emerged as the subject of intense scholarly interest. This book provides fresh ways of understanding the historical and sociopolitical underpinnings of the ongoing Kurdish awakening and its already significant impact on the region. Rather than focusing on one state or angle, this anthology fills a gap in the literature on the Kurds by providing a panoramic view of the Kurdish homeland's various parts. The volume focuses on aspects of Kurdish nationalism and identity formation not addressed elsewhere, including perspectives on literature, gender, and constitution making. Further, broad thematic essays include a discussion of the historical experiences of the Kurds from the time of their Islamization more than a millennium ago up until the modern era, a comparison of the Kurdish experience with other ethno-national movements, and a treatment of the role of tribalism in modern nation building. This collection is unique in its use of original sources in various languages. The result is an analytically rich portrayal that sheds light on the Kurds' prospects and the challenges they confront in a region undergoing sweeping upheavals.

Author : Minoo Alinia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Kurdish diaspora
ISBN : WISC:89083228940

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Spaces of Diasporas by Minoo Alinia Pdf

Author : Hakan Ozoglu
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791485569

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Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State by Hakan Ozoglu Pdf

Kurdish nationalism remains one of the most critical and explosive problems of the Middle East. Despite its importance, the topic remains on the margins of Middle East Studies. Bringing the study of Kurdish nationalism into the mainstream of Middle East scholarship, Hakan Özogálu examines the issue in the context of the Ottoman Empire. Using a wealth of primary sources, including Ottoman and British archives, Ottoman Parliamentary minutes, memoirs, and interviews, he focuses on revealing the social, political, and historical forces behind the emergence and development of Kurdish nationalism. Contrary to the assumption that nationalist movements contribute to the collapse of empires, the book argues that Kurdish leaders remained loyal to the Ottoman state, and only after it became certain that the empire would not recover did Kurdish nationalism emerge and clash with the Kemalist brand of Turkish nationalism.

Author : Veli Yadirgi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107181236

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The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey by Veli Yadirgi Pdf

An examination of the link between the economic and political development of the Kurds in Turkey, and Turkey's Kurdish question.

Author : Zeynep Kaya
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108474696

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Mapping Kurdistan by Zeynep Kaya Pdf

Examines how the idea of Kurdistan, as a homeland and a source of national identity, was created within international political history.

Author : M. Hakan Yavuz,Ahmet Erdi Öztürk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000479676

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Erdoğan’s Turkey by M. Hakan Yavuz,Ahmet Erdi Öztürk Pdf

This book explores the role of religion in the transformation of Turkey under the reign of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP). It attempts to come to terms with the current political crisis in Turkey and the government’s move toward authoritarianism. The chapters included in this book examine various ideological, political and social factors that have driven the transformation of the AKP. The book seeks to answer questions about how and in what direction have the AKP’s objectives and strategies changed in the last two decades the party has been in power, and the divergence between professed ideals and practices. The book also focuses on the major repercussions that the 15 July 2016 coup d'état attempt has had on key Turkish state institutions and policies, and how it has also affected Turkish foreign policy toward regional and international powers. The book addresses the many gaps and omissions in earlier studies of the AKP, and posits that there have been a more complex set of circumstances impacting Turkish politics since 2002 and that it makes little sense to continue to view Turkish politics as just a clash between Islam and secularism. Erdoğan’s Turkey is a significant new contribution to the study of Turkish politics and politics in general, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers and advanced students of Political Science, International Relations, History, Geography and Sociology. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Middle East Critique.

Author : Umut Azak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857713773

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Islam and Secularism in Turkey by Umut Azak Pdf

Kemal Ataturk's Republic of Turkey was set up in 1923 as a secular state, sweeping political, social, cultural and religious reforms followed. Islam was no longer the official religion of the state, the Sultanate was abolished and all Turkish citizens were declared equal without reference to religion. But though, in Azak's phrase, 'secularism was the central tenet of Kemalism', fear of a resurgent, even fanatical, Islam, continued to haunt the state. Azak's revisionist and original study sets out the struggle between religion and secularism but shows how Ataturk laboured for an idealised 'Turkish Islam' - the 'social cement' of the nation - stripped of superstition and obscurantism and linked to modern science and positivist philosophy. 'Turkish Islam' has retained its traditional forms in the modern state and Ataturk's Mausoleum dominates the capital and continues to inspire a popular, quasi-religious devotion.

Author : Kemal Kirisci,Gareth M. Winrow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135217709

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The Kurdish Question and Turkey by Kemal Kirisci,Gareth M. Winrow Pdf

This volume examines the Kurdish question in Turkey, tracing its developments from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. The study considers: secession; federal schemes; various forms of autonomy; the provision of special rights; and further democratization.

Author : Hamit Bozarslan,Cengiz Gunes,Veli Yadirgi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1027 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108583015

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The Cambridge History of the Kurds by Hamit Bozarslan,Cengiz Gunes,Veli Yadirgi Pdf

The Cambridge History of the Kurds is an authoritative and comprehensive volume exploring the social, political and economic features, forces and evolution amongst the Kurds, and in the region known as Kurdistan, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. Written in a clear and accessible style by leading scholars in the field, the chapters survey key issues and themes vital to any understanding of the Kurds and Kurdistan including Kurdish language; Kurdish art, culture and literature; Kurdistan in the age of empires; political, social and religious movements in Kurdistan; and domestic political developments in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Other chapters on gender, diaspora, political economy, tribes, cinema and folklore offer fresh perspectives on the Kurds and Kurdistan as well as neatly meeting an exigent need in Middle Eastern studies. Situating contemporary developments taking place in Kurdish-majority regions within broader histories of the region, it forms a definitive survey of the history of the Kurds and Kurdistan.