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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786845803321

Titolo

Understanding Turkey's Kurdish Question [[electronic resource]] / edited by Fevzi Bilgin and Ali Sarihan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2013

ISBN

1-4985-1512-6

0-7391-8403-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SarıhanAli

BilginFevzi

Disciplina

305.891/5970561

Soggetti

Kurds - Turkey - History

Kurds - Turkey - Politics and government

Kurds - Turkey - History - Autonomy and independence movements

Turkey Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I: The Genesis and the Legacy of Kurdish Nationalism; Chapter One: Early Kurdish "Nationalists" and the Emergence of Modern Kurdish Identity Politics: 1851 to 1908; Chapter Two: The Kurdish Issue in Turkey: Its Social, Political, and Cultural Dimensions; Chapter Three: The "Kurdish Question" Revisited:Modernity, Nationalism, and Citizenship in Turkey; Part II: The Kurdish Question Today: the Movement, the Conflict, and the Future; Chapter Four: On Turkey's Kurdish Question: Its Roots, Present State, Prospects

Chapter Five: The Multifaceted Kurdish Movement in TurkeyChapter Six: The Two Periods of the PKK Conflict: 1984-1999 and 2004-2010; Chapter Seven: Ending Ceasefires for Political Survival: The Use of Diversionary Strategies by the PKK Leadership; Chapter Eight: Turkey and the Democratic Opening for the Kurds; Chapter Nine: Explaining Turkey's Failure to Develop a Political Solution for the Kurdish Problem; Part III: Civil Society Efforts in Turkey's Kurdish Region; Chapter Ten: Revitalization of Kurdish Islamic Sphere and Revival of Hizbullah in Turkey

Chapter Eleven: The Hizmet Movement and the Kurdish QuestionPart IV:



International Dimensions of the Kurdish Question; Chapter Twelve: Turkey's Kurdish Question ,the United States, and Europe: Historical Perspective; Chapter Thirteen: International Dimensions of the "Kurdish Question" in Turkey; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This volume, comprising chapters by leading academics and exports, delves into the complicated nature of Turkey's Kurdish issue. The volume discusses the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, the contemporary Kurdish movement and its violent legacy, civil society efforts in Turkey's Kurdish region, and the international dimensions of the Kurdish question.