The Kurds in Erdoğan's Turkey: Balancing Identity, Resistance and Citizenship

by William Gourlay

Book Overview

This book examines the circumstances of the Kurds in 21st century Turkey, under the hegemony of the AKP government. After decades of denial, oppression and conflict, Kurds now assert a more confident presence in Turkey's politics - but does increasing visibility mean a rejection of Turkey? Recording Kurdish voices from Istanbul and Diyarbakır, Turkey's most important Kurdish-populated cities, this book generates new understandings of Kurdish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147445920X
• ISBN13: 9781474459204
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"