ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters. The chapter describes Kurdish political field is formed and becomes relatively autonomous through three historical times, which are Eastism, emergence of radical organizations, and construction of a symbolic and imaginary space. It focuses on the mobilization of the PKK which monopolized the political field in the 1980s and 1990s. The chapter analyzes how individuals advance to armed struggle and attempts to show that social networks, polarization and 'asabiyya play considerable roles in the use of political violence. It shows two repertoires of political violence: self-sacrificial violence and Kurdish serhildan. The chapter defines serhildan as local popular Kurdish mobilizations which succeeded or preceded the armed struggle. It could have been better articulated with each other. It is important to note that the difficulty of showing the interdependency between the dynamics: fragmentations, mobilizations, participations and repertoires.
