Aynur Unal

The Discourse about Kurdishness and Indigeneity

Kurdish Political Movement in Turkey

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Produktbeschreibung

The Discourse About Kurdishness and Indigeneity: Kurdish Political Movement in Turkey presents a comprehensive analysis of the self-identified Kurdish identity within the Kurdish political movement in Turkey, adopting an indigenous perspective. The analysis is mainly focused on the parliamentary politics of three distinct periods in Turkey, including the inception of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the emergence of other pro-Kurdish political parties since the 1990s, and the parliamentary politics through the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). In addition to the central perspective of indigeneity, the theoretical framework of the book, including internal colonialism and Orientalism within Orient perspectives, is also employed to critically investigate the relationship of post-colonial nation-states with multi-ethnic societies in the case of Turkey and the Kurdish struggle. The research consists of a mixed methods approach to explore the discourse on Kurdishness by analysing party programs, statements, and semi-structured interviews. The book utilises the Discourse-Historical Approach to analyse data and provide an interpretation of the concept of indigeneity within the discourse on Kurdishness. It sheds new light on the Kurdish political movement and other indigenous peoples in Mesopotamia, who were rendered invisible after the First World War due to the emerging political discourse in the Middle East.

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Produktdetails

• Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 533g
• ISBN-13: 9781666945232
• ISBN-10: 1666945234
• Artikelnr.: 70827226

Autorenporträt

Aynur Unal is Associate Lecturer at Arden University, England.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The Discourse on Kurdishness through the Indigenous Peoples'
Rights Movements
Chapter One. The Notion of Self-Identification within the Discourse on
Kurdishness
Chapter Two. Struggle over Mother Tongue and Culture
Chapter Three. Kurdistan as a 'Homeland - Ancestral Land'
Chapter Four. The Kurdish Political Movement Turkey: Struggle for
Self-Determination and Women's Rights
Conclusion. Implications of Indigeneity for the Kurdish Political Movement