The Kurds in Erdoğan's Turkey : balancing identity, resistance and citizenship /

This book examines the circumstances of the Kurds in 21st century Turkey, under the hegemony of the AKP government. After decades of denial, oppression and conflict, Kurds now assert a more confident presence in Turkey's politics -- but does increasing visibility mean a rejection of Turkey? Rec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gourlay, William (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Series:Edinburgh studies on modern Turkey.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Kurds > Turkey.
Kurds > Turkey > Ethnic identity.
Kurds > Turkey > Social conditions.
Kurds > Political activity > Turkey.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
Ethnic relations
Kurds
Kurds > Ethnic identity
Kurds > Political activity
Kurds > Social conditions
Politics and government
Turkey > Ethnic relations.
Turkey > Politics and government > 21st century.
Asie Mineure > Relations interethniques.
Empire ottoman > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle.
Turkey
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Eruption in Diyarbakır
  • 1. Identity, ethnicity, politics : from Kemalism to 'New Turkey'
  • 2. Talking to Kurds about 'identity'
  • 3. Demarcating Kurdish culture
  • 4. The Kurds and Islam : defying hegemony and the 'caliphate'
  • 5. Contesting homeland(s) : city, soil and landscape
  • 6. Kurdayetî : Pan-Kurdish sentiment and solidarity
  • 7. Oppression, solidarity, resistance
  • 8. Kurds as citizens
  • Conclusion : Reconciling ethnic identity, citizenship and the 'ideal' in Erdoğan's Turkey?

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