The purple color of Kurdish politics women politicians write from prison / edited by Gültan Kișanak ; translation coordinated by Ruken Isik, Emek Ergun and Janet Biehl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kışanak, Gültan, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Standardized Title:

Kürt siyasetinin mor rengi. English

Language:

English

Kurdish

Subjects (All):

Women, Kurdish--Political activity--Turkey.

Women, Kurdish.

Turkey--Ethnic relations.

Turkey.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 251 pages : illustrations (black and white))

Other Title:

Purple colour of Kurdish politics : women politicians write from prison

Kurdish women politicians write from prison

Place of Publication:

London ; Las Vegas, NV : Pluto Press, 2022.

Contents:

List of abbreviations

Translation coordinators' preface

Preface to the English translation / Gültan Kișanak

[Introduction]: Women's organizing in the Kurdish Party tradition / Gültan Kișanak

1. "How will you find that many women?" / Aysel Tuğluk

2. Mother, child, prison / Burcu C̦elik Özkan

3. "We never thought of it that way" / C̦ağlar Demirel

4, "Hurry up and fix things" / Diba Keskin

5. Never give up / Dilek Hatipoğlu

6. "We have your keys, come and get them" / Edibe Șahin

7. Women's work viewed as frivolous / Evin Keve

8. "You're going to eat with the men?" / Fatma Doğan

9. History has no love for women who stop and keep quiet / Figen Yüksekdağ

10. Three times elected, three years barred from serving / Gülser Yildirim

11. Being a woman is hard, evendangerous / Gültan Kișanak

12. "Are men going to walk behind a woman?" / Leyla Güven

13. "A lion is a lion, woman or man" / Mukaddes Kubilay

14. Nobody's daughter-in-law / Nurhayat Altun

15. Women should handle finances / Sara Kaya

16. "This woman is tough as nails" / Sadiye Süer Baran

17. From prison to Parliament / Sebahat Tuncel

18. Imprisoned for providing services / Servin Karakoc̦

19. One woman became 80 = [One woman became eighty] / Yildz C̦etin

20. "Is Sir Chiefwoman in?" / Zeynep Han Bingöl

21. "They've turned it into a women's municipality" / Zeynep Sipc̦ik

22. Breaking down the doors / Selma Irmak

Freedom for Aysel Tuğluk

Translators and coordinators

Index.

Notes:

"First published 2018 as Kürt siyasetinin mor rengi, by Dipnot Yayinlari"-Title page verso.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780745347110 (PDF ebook)

0745347118

Publisher Number:

40031529082

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.