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Recent events in the Middle East have propelled the once
marginalized Kurdish community to the centre of regional and,
indeed, world affairs. The growing significance of the Kurds in the
politics of the Middle East has led to greater interest amongst
both academics and policy makers regarding the community's culture,
politics and history. This current volume seeks to address this
growing interest by presenting a selection of articles from leading
experts on the history of the Kurds. These articles scrutinize a
variety of subjects which provide important context to today's
Kurdish question. It includes contributions which contextualize the
evolution of a distinctive Kurdish identity and culture.
Furthermore, it includes works which seek to examine the impact of
the gradual transformation of state power in the Middle East - more
precisely the breakdown of imperial orders and the concurrent
emergence of the modern nation-state - on the relationship between
the Kurds and the central governments under which they lived during
the nineteenth and early twentieth century. In doing so, this
volume will be of interest to all those wishing to gain a deeper
historical understanding of present day Kurdish affairs. This book
was published as a special issue of Iranian Studies.
Recent events in the Middle East have propelled the once
marginalized Kurdish community to the centre of regional and,
indeed, world affairs. The growing significance of the Kurds in the
politics of the Middle East has led to greater interest amongst
both academics and policy makers regarding the community's culture,
politics and history. This current volume seeks to address this
growing interest by presenting a selection of articles from leading
experts on the history of the Kurds. These articles scrutinize a
variety of subjects which provide important context to today's
Kurdish question. It includes contributions which contextualize the
evolution of a distinctive Kurdish identity and culture.
Furthermore, it includes works which seek to examine the impact of
the gradual transformation of state power in the Middle East - more
precisely the breakdown of imperial orders and the concurrent
emergence of the modern nation-state - on the relationship between
the Kurds and the central governments under which they lived during
the nineteenth and early twentieth century. In doing so, this
volume will be of interest to all those wishing to gain a deeper
historical understanding of present day Kurdish affairs. This book
was published as a special issue of Iranian Studies.
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.
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.
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