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,
political parties and groups. The analysis focuses on the specific
demands articulated by the Kurdish national movement and looks at
Kurdish nationalism at a specific level by disaggregating the
nationalist discourse, showing variations over time and across
different Kurdish nationalist organisations. Situating contemporary
Kurdish political identity and its political manifestations within
a historical framework, the author examines the historical and
structural conditions that gave rise to it and influenced its
evolution since the 1960s. The analysis also encompasses an account
of the organisational growth and evolution of the Kurdish national
movement, including the political parties and groups that were
active in the period. Bringing the study of the organisational
development and growth of the Kurdish National Movement in Turkey
up to date, this book will be an important reference for students
and scholars of Middle Eastern politics, social movements,
nationalism and conflict.
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