Turkey's Kurdish Question

The Kurds, one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Middle East, are reasserting their identity-politically and through violence. Turkey's essentially democratic structure and civil society-ideal tools for coping with and incorporating minority challenge-have so far been suspended on this issue, which the government is treating almost exclusively as a security problem to be dealt with by force. This study explores the roots, dimensions, character, and evolution of the problem, offers a range of approaches to a resolution of the conflict, and draws broader parallels between the Kurdish question and other separatist movements worldwide.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Turkey Matters Chapter 2 Origins of the Problem: The Roots of Kurdish Nationalism Chapter 3 Enter the PKK Chapter 4 The Building of Kurdish National Consciousness Chapter 5 The Kurdish Issue in Turkish Public Opinion Chapter 6 Turkish Government Policies in the Southeast Chapter 7 The Kurds and Turkish Foreign Policy Chapter 8 Toward a Solution of the Kurdish Problem Chapter 9 Conclusion

About the author

By Henri J. Barkey and Graham E. Fuller - Foreword by Morton Abramowitz

Product details

• Authors: Henri J. Barkey, Barkey Henri J., Graham E. Fuller
• Assisted by: Abramowitz Morton (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.1998
• EAN: 9780847685530
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8553-0
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Series: Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Turkey, Terrorism, armed struggle, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Asian History, Peace studies & conflict resolution