Transitional Justice and the Kurdish Conflict - A Grassroots Approach

Centralising the experience of victims and other grassroots actors, this book examines how transitional justice can be used in transforming the Kurdish conflict in Turkey.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Situating Turkey within the Field of Transitional Justice 2. The Kurdish Conflict, Transitional Justice and Victimhood in Turkey 3. Victimhood and Transitional Justice in Ongoing Conflicts 4. Understanding the Saturday Mothers Movement 5. The Construction and Complexities of Victimhood in the Kurdish Conflict 6. Saturday Mothers' Contributions to the Pillars of Transitional Justice 7. Fragmented Transitions: Civil Society, State Responses, and Transitional Justice in Turkey's Kurdish Conflict 8. Transitional Justice Imaginaries in Turkey 9. Conclusion

About the author

Nisan Al¿c¿ is Early Career Academic at the Centre for Applied Social Sciences, Policy, Practice and Research (CASSPPR), University of Derby, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Nisan Alici, Nisan Alıcı
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032558516
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3255851-6
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Transitional Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, LAW / Civil Rights, Middle East, International Criminal Law, Regional Studies, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Legal aspects of criminology, Regional / International studies, Social Law, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Public international law: criminal law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Armed Conflict, Criminology: legal aspects, Social law and Medical law, Türkiye / Turkey