LEADER 03441oam 2200601 a 450 001 9910826409103321 005 20240418050501.0 010 $a0-295-80082-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040342 035 $a(OCoLC)744362084 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10482269 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520666 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11337631 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520666 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10514394 035 $a(PQKB)11032833 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5082 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444347 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10482269 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL847821 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444347 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040342 100 $a20100601h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aActivists in office $eKurdish politics and protest in Turkey /$fNicole F. Watts 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSeattle :$cUniversity of Washington Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 214 pages) $cmap 225 1 $aStudies in modernity and national identity 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-295-99049-X 311 0 $a0-295-99050-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOther routes of resistance -- Early routes : conditions of Kurdish electoral mobilization -- New collective challengers : the institutional trajectory of Turkey's first pro-Kurdish party -- Resources of the system -- Characteristics of coercion : obstructing access to resources -- Producing competing truths -- Creating a new Kurdish subject -- Conclusions : assessing a challenger's impact. 330 $aThousands of Kurdish politician-activists have been prosecuted and imprisoned, and hundreds have been murdered for espousing Kurdish political and cultural rights over the past twenty years. The risks are high, yet Pro-Kurdish political parties have made significant gains, as resources afforded by the political system have allowed them to challenge state rhetoric and policies to exercise power at the municipal level, which has helped legitimize and advance the pro-Kurdish movement. "Activists in Office" examines how these parties, while sharing many of the goals expressed by armed Kurdish groups, are using the legal political system to promote their highly contentious Kurdish national agenda in the face of a violent, repressive state. Nicole F. Watts sheds light not only on the particular situation of Kurds in Turkey, but also on the challenges, risks, and potential benefits for comparable movements operating in less-than-fully democratic contexts. The book is a result of more than ten years of research conducted in Turkey and in Europe, and it draws on a wide array of sources, including Turkish electoral data, memoirs, court records, and interviews. -- Publisher description 410 0$aStudies in modernity and national identity. 606 $aKurds$zTurkey$xPolitics and government 607 $aTurkey$xPolitics and government$y1980- 615 0$aKurds$xPolitics and government. 676 $a324.2561/083 700 $aWatts$b Nicole F$01685501 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826409103321 996 $aActivists in office$94057681 997 $aUNINA