Understanding Turkey's Kurdish Question (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Bilgin, Fevzi; Sarihan, Ali

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739184035
• Artikelnr.: 39074453

Autorenporträt

Edited by Fevzi Bilgin and Ali Sarihan - Contributions by Djene Rhys Bajalan; Oral Çalislar; Fuat Keyman; Umut Özkirimli; Cengiz Çandar; Michael M. Gunter; Kilic Bugra Kanat; Hugh Pope; Gökhan Bacik; Bezen B. Coskun; Mustafa Gurbuz; Dogan Koç; H. Akin Ünv

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Fevzi Bilgin
Introduction Part I: The Genesis and the Legacy of Kurdish Nationalism Chapter 2: Djene Rhys Bajalan
Early Kurdish 'Nationalists' and the Emergence of Modern Kurdish Identity Politics: 1851 to 1908 Chapter 3: Oral Çalislar
The Kurdish Issue in Turkey: Social
Political
and Cultural Dimensions Chapter 4: Fuat Keyman and Umut Özkirimli
The "Kurdish Question" Revisited: Modernity
Nationalism
and Citizenship in Turkey Part 2: The Kurdish Question Today: The movement
the conflict
and the future Chapter 5: Cengiz Çandar
On Turkey's Kurdish Question: Its Roots
Present State
and Prospects Chapter 6: Michael M. Gunter
The Multifaceted Kurdish Movement in Turkey Chapter 7: Ali Sarihan
The Two Periods of the PKK Conflict: 1984-1999 and 2004-2010 Chapter 8: Kiliç Bugra Kanat
Ending Ceasefires for Political Survival: The Use of Diversionary Strategies by the PKK Leadership Chapter 9: Hugh Pope
Turkey and the Democratic Opening for the Kurds Chapter 10: Gökhan Bacik and Bezen B. Coskun
Explaining Turkey's Failure to Develop a Political Solution for the Kurdish Problem Part 3: Civil Society Efforts in Turkey's Kurdish region Chapter 11: Mustafa Gürbüz
Revitalization of Kurdish Islamic Sphere and Revival of Hizbullah in Turkey Chapter 12: Dogan Koç
The Hizmet Movement and the Kurdish Region Part 4: International Dimensions of the Kurdish Question Chapter 13: H. Akin Ünver
Turkey's Kurdish Question
the United States and Europe: Historical Perspective Chapter 14: Joshua W. Walker
International Dimensions of the Kurdish Question in Turkey