Kurds In Turkey

Author : Michael M. Gunter
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0312172656

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The Kurds and the Future of Turkey by Michael M. Gunter Pdf

Since 1984, Turkey has suffered from an increasingly virulent guerrilla/terrorist insurgency led by the Partiya Karkaren Kurdistan (PKK), or Kurdistan Workers Party, headed by Abdullah Ocalan. By 1996, more than 20,000 people had been killed and another 2,000,000 displaced and 2,000 villages destroyed. At present, this crisis threatens to challenge the future of the country. Gunter analyzes the authoritarian tradition in Turkey and puzzles over the inability of Turkey to take the final steps toward democracy. He offers a solution that will allow the country to remain whole. Gunter's masterly analysis and proffered solution is necessary reading for anyone interested in Turkey and its troubling problem.

Author : Nikos Christofis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000531374

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The Kurds in Erdogan's "New" Turkey by Nikos Christofis Pdf

This book focuses on the AKP government since 2002 during which time the state’s approach to the Kurdish Question has undergone several changes. Examining what preceded and followed the failed putsch of 2016, it explains and critiques that situates the Kurdish Question in its broader context. It stands out with the main objective to avoid any ‘policy-oriented bias’ through an interdisciplinary and multi-thematic approach. The volume discusses the state and policies in the Kurdish region of Turkey, as well as counter-hegemonic discourses that seek to reform existing institutions. Some chapters focus on the domestic aspects and gender perspectives of the Kurdish Question in Turkey, which focus has been taken over by recent developments in Syria and the Middle East in general. Other chapters include a range of new aspects of Turkish society and politics, and the international aspects of Ankara’s policies and its implications not only inside Turkey but also internationally. Taking both domestic and foreign policy aspects into account, the book offers a set of innovative explanations for the state of crisis in Turkey and a solid basis for thinking about the likely path forward. Scholars, researchers and post-graduates, interested in political theory, Kurdish and Middle East politics will find this book invaluable.

Author : Henri J. Barkey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780585177731

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Turkey's Kurdish Question by Henri J. Barkey Pdf

The Kurds, one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Middle East, are reasserting their identity—politically and through violence. Divided mainly among Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, the Kurds have posed increasingly sharp challenges to all of these states in their quest for greater autonomy if not outright independence. Turkey's essentially democratic structure and civil society_ideal tools for coping with and incorporating minority challenge_have so far been suspended on this issue, which the government is treating almost exclusively as a security problem to be dealt with by force. For the West the situation in Turkey is particularly significant because of the country's importance in the region and because of the economic, political, and diplomatic damage that the conflict has caused. If Turkey fails to find a peaceful solution within its current borders, then the outlook is grim for ethnic and separatist challenges elsewhere in the region. This study explores the roots, dimensions, character, and evolution of the problem, offers a range of approaches to a resolution of the conflict, and draws broader parallels between the Kurdish question and other separatist movements worldwide.

Author : Lucie Drechselová,Adnan Çelik
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498575256

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Kurds in Turkey by Lucie Drechselová,Adnan Çelik Pdf

This ethnographic volume features fresh research by junior scholars of contemporary Kurdish studies. The contributions are assembled around four themes: women’s participation, paramilitary, space, and infrapolitics of resistance.

Author : Michael Gunter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000302851

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The Kurds In Turkey by Michael Gunter Pdf

This book analyzes the Kurdish problem in Turkey from the point of view of the Turkish authorities, as well as from the perspective of disaffected Kurds living in that state and abroad. It also analyzes the political instability and terrorism rampant in Turkey during the late 1970s.

Author : Cenk Saracoglu
Publisher : Tauris Academic Studies
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : NWU:35556040941536

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Kurds of Modern Turkey by Cenk Saracoglu Pdf

For sixty years, Turkey has been experiencing a significant migration movement from Eastern Anatolia to its Western cities. However, since the 1980Æs, this migration movement has gained some qualitatively different characteristics as a result of the increasing insecurity of the Eastern regions of Turkey on the one hand, and the neoliberal transformation of the Turkish economy on the other. Whilst the former forced a large number of people from Eastern regions to flood into Western cities, the latter dragged them into difficult socioeconomic conditions in the post-migration process. One of the outcomes of this situation was the emergence of socio-economically and spatially segregated Kurdish communities in Western cities. --

Author : Veli Yadirgi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,7 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 : Kemal Kirisci,Gareth M. Winrow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,9 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 : Cengiz Gunes,Welat Zeydanlioglu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135140632

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The Kurdish Question in Turkey by Cengiz Gunes,Welat Zeydanlioglu Pdf

Almost three decades have passed since political violence erupted in Turkey’s south-eastern regions, where the majority of Turkey’s approximately 20 million Kurds live. In 1984, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) initiated an insurgency which intensified in the following decades and continues to this day. Kurdish regions in Turkey were under military rule for more than a decade and the conflict has cost the lives of 45,000 people, including soldiers, guerrillas and civilians. The complex issue of the Kurdish Question in Turkey is subject to comprehensive examination in this book. This interdisciplinary edited volume brings together chapters by social theorists, political scientists, social anthropologists, sociologists, legal theorists and ethnomusicologists to provide new perspectives on this internationally significant issue. It elaborates on the complexity of the Kurdish question and examines the subject matter from a number of innovative angles. Considering historical, theoretical and political aspects of the Kurdish question in depth and raising issues that have not been discussed sufficiently in existing literature, this book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Nationalism and Conflict, Turkish Politics and Middle Eastern politics more broadly.

Author : Fevzi Bilgin,Ali Sarihan
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739184035

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Understanding Turkey's Kurdish Question by Fevzi Bilgin,Ali Sarihan Pdf

This edited volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and experts, aims to clarify the complexity of Turkey’s Kurdish question. The Kurdish question is a long-standing, protracted issue, which gained regional and international significance largely in the last thirty years. The Kurdish people who represent the largest ethnic minority in the Middle East without a state have demanded autonomy and recognition since the post-World I wave of self-governance in the region, and their nationalist claims have further intensified since the end of the Cold War. The present volume first describes the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, its genesis during the late nineteenth century in the Ottoman Empire, and its legacy into the new Turkish republic. Second, the volume takes up the violent legacy of Kurdish nationalism and analyzes the conflict through the actions of the PKK, the militant pro-Kurdish organization which grew to be the most important actor in the process. Third, the volume deals with the international dimensions of the Kurdish question, as manifested in Turkey’s evolving relationships with Syria, Iraq, and Iran, the issue regarding the status of the Kurdish minorities in these countries, and the debate over the Kurdish problem in Western capitals.

Author : Kemal Kirişci,Gareth M. Winrow
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Kurdish question
ISBN : 0714647462

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

This volume provides a comprehensive examination of the Kurdish question in Turkey, tracing its developments from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day.

Author : Sureya Bedr Khan (Emir.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Kurdistan
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119370455

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The Case of Kurdistan Against Turkey by Sureya Bedr Khan (Emir.) Pdf

Author : Ferhad Ibrahim,Gülistan Gürbey
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3825847446

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The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey by Ferhad Ibrahim,Gülistan Gürbey Pdf

At the core of the interest are the controversy on the political implementation of violence, the relevance of the international law for the conflict, the regional and foreign relations of the PKK, and the chances and obstacles of a peaceful democratic conflict resolution."--Jacket.

Author : Seevan Saeed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317271161

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Kurdish Politics in Turkey by Seevan Saeed Pdf

In the aftermath of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Kurds were promised their own state. However, several factors meant that this dream never became a reality, and the land of the Kurds was divided. Amid a sense of a loss of identity, the Kurds started to fight for their social and political rights. ‘Kurdish Politics in Turkey’ argues that the Kurdish struggle has largely been a failure, and that the emergence of the Unions of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK) has been a direct result of this. The book examines the success of the KCK and how it has transformed this Kurdish struggle in Turkey from a one-dimensional political movement, to a multi-dimensional social movement.

Author : David Romano,Mehmet Gurses
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137409997

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Conflict, Democratization, and the Kurds in the Middle East by David Romano,Mehmet Gurses Pdf

In Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, central governments historically pursued mono-nationalist ideologies and repressed Kurdish identity. As evidenced by much unrest and a great many Kurdish revolts in all these states since the 1920s, however, the Kurds manifested strong resistance towards ethnic chauvinism. What sorts of authoritarian state policies have Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria relied on to contain the Kurds over the years? Can meaningful democratization and liberalization in any of these states occur without a fundamental change vis-à-vis their Kurdish minorities? To what extent does the Kurdish issue function as both a barrier and key to democratization in four of the most important states of the Middle East? While many commentators on the Middle East stress the importance of resolving the Arab-Israeli dispute for achieving 'peace in the Middle East,' this book asks whether or not the often overlooked Kurdish issue may constitute a more important fulcrum for change in the region, especially in light of the 'Arab Spring' and recent changes in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.