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From denial to insurgency: The PKK and the (re)construction of Kurdish identity
This study aims at understanding the 30-year long struggle of the Kurdish national movement in Turkey. In this sense, it examines the evolution of the PKK from an insurgent movement to a transnational social movement organization as well the emergence of Kurdish identiy politics as outcome of this movement. This research will be at junction of three areas: (ethno)-nationalism, social movements and identity politcs.
Date:1 Sep 2012 → 30 Sep 2014
Keywords:turkeys, PKK, social movements, identity politics, Kurds, ethno-nationalism
Disciplines:Policy and administration, Applied sociology, National politics, Other economics and business, International and comparative politics, Political organisations and institutions, Social stratification, Multilevel governance, Citizenship, immigration and political inequality, Social theory and sociological methods, Other political science, Other sociology and anthropology, Social psychology, Political behaviour, History, Sociology of life course, family and health, Political theory and methodology, Public administration