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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827222203321

Autore

Eccarius-Kelly Vera

Titolo

The militant Kurds : a dual strategy for freedom / / Vera Eccarius-Kelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2010

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

979-84-00-68556-9

1-282-93322-1

9786612933226

0-313-36469-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 pages)

Collana

PSI guides to terrorists, insurgents, and armed groups

Disciplina

956.1/00491597

Soggetti

Kurds - Turkey - History - Autonomy and independence movements

Kurds - Turkey - Politics and government

Turkey Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Framing the conflict -- Denigration of turkishness -- The Kurdish wedge -- Visions of Kurdistan -- The PKK and armed struggle -- Loss of status -- Blood memories -- The transnational Kurdish web.

Sommario/riassunto

This extensive examination of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, Iraq, Germany, and the EU focuses on the history and development of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and its impact on transnational security, human rights, and democratization.