ABSTRACT
This book focuses on the AKP government since 2002 during which time the state’s approach to the Kurdish Question has undergone several changes. Examining what preceded and followed the failed putsch of 2016, it explains and critiques that situates the Kurdish Question in its broader context. It stands out with the main objective to avoid any ‘policy-oriented bias’ through an interdisciplinary and multi-thematic approach.
The volume discusses the state and policies in the Kurdish region of Turkey, as well as counter-hegemonic discourses that seek to reform existing institutions. Some chapters focus on the domestic aspects and gender perspectives of the Kurdish Question in Turkey, which focus has been taken over by recent developments in Syria and the Middle East in general. Other chapters include a range of new aspects of Turkish society and politics, and the international aspects of Ankara’s policies and its implications not only inside Turkey but also internationally.
Taking both domestic and foreign policy aspects into account, the book offers a set of innovative explanations for the state of crisis in Turkey and a solid basis for thinking about the likely path forward. Scholars, researchers and post-graduates, interested in political theory, Kurdish and Middle East politics will find this book invaluable.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |22 pages
Introduction
part I|48 pages
Accelerating Turkey's transition
chapter 1|16 pages
Conquering the state, subordinating society
chapter 3|17 pages
Neither peace nor resolution
part II|38 pages
Kurdish gender perspectives
chapter 4|17 pages
Clashes, collaborations, and convergences
chapter 5|19 pages
One state, one nation, one flag—one gender?
part III|72 pages
State discourse and counter-hegemonic politics
chapter 7|17 pages
‘My Muslim Kurdish brother'
chapter 9|22 pages
Dersim 1937–1938
part IV|63 pages
International implications