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Author Saeed, Seevan

Title Kurdish Politics in Turkey : From the PKK to the KCK
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (163 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics
Contents Cover; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; What kinds of issues need further examination?; Contextualising transformation in a social movement; Methodology and methods; Chapters breakdown; References; 1 General perspectives, key concepts, literature review and theoretical approaches; A summary of the Kurdish national struggle in Turkey; The emergence of the KCK; Definitions of the key concepts; Literature review; More recent assessments of the Kurdish national struggle; Social movements and the Kurdish national struggle
Structural factors and organisational change in movements of the Kurdish national struggleResource mobilisation and social movements; Political opportunity structures and the Kurdish national struggle; The Kurdish national struggle: a new social movement?; Conclusion; References; 2 Historical background of Kurdish nationalism; Introduction; Who are the Kurds? The history of the Kurds; The Kurds in the southern part of Kurdistan (Bashur); The Kurds in the eastern part of Kurdistan (Rojhelat); The Kurds in the western part of Kurdistan (Rojava)
The Kurds in the northern part of Kurdistan (Bakur)The PKK and the Kurdish national struggle in Turkey; The Turkish state and Kurdish nation; The Turkish state and Kurdish nationalism in Turkey; Conclusion; References; 3 Down to Turkey: overview of the PKK and the KCK; Introduction; What is the PKK?; The "Ideology of PKK"; What is the KCK?; Conclusion; References; 4 The KCK: the beginnings of the transformation; Introduction; Shifting the discourse of the movement after Ocalan's capture; From independence to confederation; The process of Turkification and de-Turkification
Kurdish civil and legal activities in TurkeyKurdish social and cultural associations; Political activities, political parties; Pro-Kurdish parties and civil organisations in Turkey and Europe; The DTK and the DBP: their roles within the Kurdish struggle; Municipalities; Civil disobedience; Conclusion; References; 5 The KCK: Democratic Autonomy and the Road Map, the projects of the transformation; Introduction; The Road Map of the KCK to solve the Kurdish question in the Middle East; Democratic Autonomy; Democratic Autonomy: a critical examination; Conclusion; References
6 The KCK: the outcomes of the transformationIntroduction; The KCK as a social movement; Social movements, the essence of transformation due to the KCK; Conclusion; References; Conclusion: findings and recommendations; References; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Koma Civakên Kurdistan.
Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê.
SUBJECT Koma Civakên Kurdistan fast
Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê fast
Subject Kurds -- Turkey -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Kurds -- Politics and government
Turkey
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317271178
1317271173