Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey: Transforming Ethnic Conflict

Mustafa Gürbüz

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2016

Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey

Transforming Ethnic Conflict

Mustafa Gürbüz

Volume 7 in the series Protest and Social Movements

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048527427

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About this book

Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey explores the conditions that encourage non-violent civic engagement in emerging civil societies. The book examines the radical transformations over the past decade in the politics of Turkey's Kurdish minority.

Author / Editor information

Gürbüz Mustafa :

Mustafa Gürbüz is a policy fellow in the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs at George Mason University and teaches Middle East politics at American University in Washington, DC.

Reviews

"Dr. Gürbüz provides readers with an original and very engaging, theoretically informed and compelling account of competing Kurdish social movements in Turkey. Kurdish groups in Turkey do not just oppose or support the state; they also compete with each other. Dr. Gubruz masterfully lays out the main axes of such competition." -- David Romano, Thomas G. Strong Chair in Middle East Politics at Missouri State University and author of The Kurdish Nationalist Movement

"Gürbüz shows how globalization and competition among Kurdish opposition groups has shaped the trajectory of Turkey-Kurdish relations. His multi-institutional approach is a fresh advance and essential for understanding the cycles of violence, repression, and reconciliation." -- Jack A. Goldstone, Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University

"Mustafa Gürbüz makes an important new contribution to the study of Turkey's Kurdish question in comparing the secular Kurdish movement with two Islam-inspired movements that are competing with it in the region - the Kurdish Hizbullah and the Gülen movement. He also shows how the movements have mutually influenced one another in the course of their competition, Hizbullah acquiring a more explicit Kurdish character and the PKK reaching out to the pious segments of the population. This book will help the reader to understand the complexities of the situation." -- Martin van Bruinessen, Utrecht University

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	7
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	9
1. Ethnic Conflict and Social Movements A Multi-Institutional Politics Approach Open Access Download PDF	11
2. Kurdish Movements in the Southeast Open Access Download PDF	31
3. Exogenous Shocks on the Eve of the Millennium Open Access Download PDF	49
4. Civic Competition and Conflict Transformation Open Access Download PDF	65
5. Resemblance and Difference Constructing Kurdish Civil Society Open Access Download PDF	77
6. Going Native Contesting Kurdish Islam Open Access Download PDF	109
7. Îslam Çareser e Islamic Activists Discover Kurdish Open Access Download PDF	131
8. Enemies of the “Deep State” Narrative Contests and Symbolic Localization Open Access Download PDF	145
9. Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	163
List of Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	177
References Open Access Download PDF	179
Appendix: Data and Methods Open Access Download PDF	199
Index Open Access Download PDF	203

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 20
- Other: 44 halftones
Keywords: Ethnic conflict; conflict resolution; social movements; Turkey; Kurds.

eBook

Published: January 14, 2016
ISBN: 9789048527427