The Kurds and the state : evolving national identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran [1. ed.] 9780815630845, 0815630840

"In tracing the evolution of Kurdish nationalism, Denise Natali shows that, contrary to popular theories, there is

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The Kurds and the state : evolving national identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran [1. ed.]
9780815630845, 0815630840

In early 1946, Kurds declared an independent republic in north-west Iran. The Mahabad Republic, as it became known, was

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Over ninety years since their absorption into the modern Iraqi state, the Kurdish people of Iraq still remain an apparen

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In the 1920s Turkey and Iran faced political upheaval as both states attempted to find their routes to modernity. This i

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Investigates Kurdish political identity under the tightening rule of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey Examine

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Turkey has gone through significant transformations over the last century—from the Ottoman Empire and Young Turk era to

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An analysis of how Uzbekistans cultural and political elites engaged in a program of nation-building through culture, pa

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In fact, Kurds in Turkey have many diverse political and ideological orientations. Focusing on the elites of these infor

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This book focuses on the AKP government since 2002 during which time the state’s approach to the Kurdish Question has un

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Explores the dynamics of relations between the Kurds of Iraq and the Iraqi state from the inception of the Baath regime

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This book examines how interest groups in Turkey, including religious nationalists, neoliberal industrialists, and the m

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