The Kurdish national movement in Turkey : from protest to resistance / Cengiz Gunes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunes, Cengiz.

Series:

Exeter studies in ethno politics.

Exeter studies in ethno politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê.

Government, Resistance to--Turkey--History.

Government, Resistance to.

Kurds--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Kurds.

Kurds--Turkey--Government relations.

Kurds--Turkey--Politics and government--20th century.

Nationalism--Turkey--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Kurdistan--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Kurdistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides an interpretive and critical analysis of Kurdish identity, nationalism and national movement in Turkey since the 1960s. By raising issues and questions relating to Kurdish political identity and highlighting the ideological specificity, diversity and the transformation of Kurdish nationalism, it develops a new empirical dimension to the study of the Kurds in Turkey. Cengiz Gunes applies an innovative theoretical approach to the analysis of an impressively large volume of primary sources and data drawn from books and magazines published by Kurdish activists,

Contents:

Front Cover; The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: the Kurdish question in Turkey; 1. Deconstructing Kurdish identity and nationalism in academic discourses; Introduction; The Kurds and the Kurdish question in Turkey: conflict analysis and political history literature; The Kurdish movement and the PKK as a case study; Conclusion; 2. Understanding Kurdish identity and nationalism in Turkey; Discourse theoretical account of identity formation

Understanding Kurdish nationalist discourse: hegemony, myth and radical democracyMethodology and sources; 3. The organic intellectuals and the re-emergence of Kurdish political activism in the 1960s; Introduction; Kurdish organic intellectuals and the public discussion of the 'Eastern question; Organised dissent and mass protest: the TKDP, the TİP and the 'meetings of the East'; Conclusion; 4. The emergence of the Kurdish socialist movement; Introduction; The signs of separation: establishment of the DDKO; The fragmentation of the Kurdish socialist movement; Conclusion

5. The Kurdish national liberation discourseIntroduction; Accounting for Kurdistan's fragmentation: 'colonialism 'and 'feudalism'; Contestation and the PKK's hegemony; Conclusion; 6. 'Becoming a Kurd': the 'national liberation' war and mass mobilisation; Introduction; Fighting for Kurdistan: the 'war of liberation' and mass mobilisation; The sedimentation of the PKK's discourse during the 1980s and 1990s; Conclusion; 7. Dislocations and the PKK's turn to democrac (1992-present); Introduction; Dislocations and the emergence of democratic discourse as the alternative (1992-1999)

The PKK's democratic discourse (1999-present)Conclusion; 8. Contesting democracy and pluralism: the pro-Kurdish political parties in Turkey; Introduction; Searching for 'inclusion' and 'recognition': the HEP and the emergence of Kurdish parliamentary opposition (1990-1994); Rebuilding the pro-Kurdish democracy movement; Conclusion; Conclusion: democracy, pluralism and Kurdish subjectivity in (post)national Turkey; Summary of findings: beyond essentialism; Opportunities, difficulties and challenges for the Kurdish national movement in Turkey; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-58798-5

1-283-46191-9

9786613461919

0-203-18086-0

1-136-58799-3

9780203180860

OCLC:

798531963