The Discourse About Kurdishness and Indigeneity: Kurdish Political
Movement in Turkey presents a comprehensive analysis of the
self-identified Kurdish identity within the Kurdish political movement
in Turkey, adopting an indigenous perspective. The analysis is mainly
focused on the parliamentary politics of three distinct periods in
Turkey, including the inception of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
(PKK), the emergence of other pro-Kurdish political parties since the
1990s, and the parliamentary politics through the Peoples’
Democratic Party (HDP). In addition to the central perspective of
indigeneity, the theoretical framework of the book, including internal
colonialism and Orientalism within Orient perspectives, is also
employed to critically investigate the relationship of post-colonial
nation-states with multi-ethnic societies in the case of Turkey and
the Kurdish struggle. The research consists of a mixed methods
approach to explore the discourse on Kurdishness by analysing party
programs, statements, and semi-structured interviews. The book
utilises the Discourse-Historical Approach to analyse data and provide
an interpretation of the concept of indigeneity within the discourse
on Kurdishness. It sheds new light on the Kurdish political movement
and other indigenous peoples in Mesopotamia, who were rendered
invisible after the First World War due to the emerging political
discourse in the Middle East.
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Kurdish Political Movement in Turkey
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ISBN
9781978788510
Publisert
2025
Utgave
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Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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