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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gourlay, William, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press [2020]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Edinburgh studies on modern Turkey.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4502134x*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?