ABSTRACT
The previous chapter explored the constitution of modern Kurdish political identity in terms of hegemonic articulation. In the post-1990s, the Kurdish question was embedded in identity politics and democratisation of the country. While the scope of collective will on Kurdishness became a hot topic among members of society. Chapter 6 outlines the dominant political identity of the postmodern Kurdish society and inner groups, who espoused the hegemonic Kurdishness. It investigates the multi-diverse social structure and fragmental politics of the society. This chapter spotlights the political pluralism in the social construction of complex Kurdishness that emerged in various forms, such as the national, cultural, political, economic, and social strata, during the post-1960s until 1984. This dynamic political identity was constructed and developed in the 1960s and 1970s by revolutionary organisations and finally completed and redistributed in the 1990s by the PKK, through contextualising it within the ‘newrozification’ process. The chapter ends with the concept of ‘many Kurdishnesses’ (which appears particularly in the mid-2000s) by drawing a map of identity, focusing on leading manifestations of Kurdishness and analysing its actors, strategies, discourses, and behaviours.
