Kurdish Politics in Turkey - From the Pkk to the Kck

In the aftermath of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Kurds were promised their own state. However, several factors meant that this dream never became a reality, and the land of the Kurds was divided. Amid a sense of a loss of identity, the Kurds started to fight for their social and political rights.
'Kurdish Politics in Turkey' argues that the Kurdish struggle has largely been a failure, and that the emergence of the Unions of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK) has been a direct result of this. The book examines the success of the KCK and how it has transformed this Kurdish struggle in Turkey from a one-dimensional political movement, to a multi-dimensional social movement.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Historical Background of Kurdish Nationalism 3. Down to Turkey: Overview of the PKK and the KCK 4. The KCK: The Beginnings of the Transformation 5. The KCK: Democratic Autonomy and the Road Map, the Projects of the Transformation 6. The KCK: The Outcomes of the Transformation Conclusion

About the author

Seevan Saeed is a lecturer in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Summary

In the aftermath of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Kurds were promised their own state. However, several factors meant that this dream never became a reality, and the land of the Kurds was divided. Amid a sense of a loss of identity, the Kurds started to fight for their social and political rights.
‘Kurdish Politics in Turkey’ argues that the Kurdish struggle has largely been a failure, and that the emergence of the Unions of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK) has been a direct result of this. The book examines the success of the KCK and how it has transformed this Kurdish struggle in Turkey from a one-dimensional political movement, to a multi-dimensional social movement.

Product details

• Authors: Seevan Saeed, Seevan (Centre for Kurdish Studies Saeed, Saeed Seevan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138195295
• ISBN: 978-1-138-19529-5
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics; Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics; Routledge Studies in Middle Ea
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Middle East, Turkey, Political science & theory, Asian History, Political science and theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General