Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey : Transforming Ethnic Conflict /

Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey : Transforming Ethnic Conflict /

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This book explores the conditions that encourage non-violent civic engagement in emerging civil societies. Gürbüz examines the radical transformations over the past decade in the politics of Turkey's Kurdish minority. On the eve of the new millennium, the Turkish state was still openly denying...

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Main Author: Gurbuz, Mustafa Cagri (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kurds > Autonomy and independence movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Politics and government.
Political activism.
Demonstrations and protest movements.
Kurds > Turkey > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Turkey.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Ethnic Conflict and Social Movements
  • A Multi-Institutional Politics Approach
  • What Makes a Kurdish Activist
  • The Argument of the Book
  • How Does Meaning-Making Matter?
  • Organization of the Book
  • 2. Kurdish Movements in the Southeast
  • The Kurdish Ethno-Nationalist Movement
  • Hizbullah in Turkey
  • The Gülen/Hizmet Movement
  • Locating the Pro-Islamic AKP
  • 3. Exogenous Shocks on the Eve of the Millennium
  • Abdullah Öcalan: The Role of the PKK Leader in Shaping Kurdish Politics
  • The EU Factor: Turkey's Membership Process and De-Securitization
  • Changing International Political Environment
  • The Rise of the AKP: Radical Shifts in Turkish Politics
  • 4. Civic Competition and Conflict Transformation
  • Emerging Arenas of Competition in the Kurdish Civic Sphere
  • Arenas of Competition and Strategy-Making
  • 5. Resemblance and Difference
  • Constructing Kurdish Civil Society
  • Why Charity Organizations?
  • Exogenous Shocks: Increasing Poverty and the Emergence of Kurdish Slums
  • Constructing Competition through Resemblance: The Charity Initiatives
  • "Education is Our Job": The Gülen Movement Goes to Slums
  • Namûsa Me Azadîya Me Ye: The Democratic Free Women's Movement
  • Religious Public Symbolism: Hizbullah Finds Its Niche
  • Civic Activism and Conflict Transformation
  • 6. Going Native
  • Contesting Kurdish Islam
  • Revolutionary Ideology as a Discursive Process
  • The Kurdish Ethno-Nationalist Movement, Islamic Identity, and Symbolic Localization
  • Symbolic Localization and Conflict Transformation
  • 7. Îslam Çareser e
  • Islamic Activists Discover Kurdish
  • Increasing Competition over Kurdish Language
  • Hizbullah: From Ayatollah Khomeini to Said Nursi
  • HÜDA-PAR: Calling the Party of God in Kurdish
  • 8. Enemies of the "Deep State."
  • Narrative Contests and Symbolic Localization
  • The "Deep State" and Kurds
  • The Rival Movements and Competing Narratives on Ergenekon
  • The Gülen/Hizmet as Enemy of the Deep State
  • The PKK: "The State wants to sweep its filth under the carpet!"
  • Hizbullah: "We're the Victims of the Deep State!"
  • Narratives in Conflict Transformation: Reputation Work and Symbolic Localization
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Strategic Engagement and Conflict Transformation
  • Global Dynamics and Pro-Ethnic Strategies
  • Toward a Multi-Institutional Politics Perspective
  • A Kurdish Spring on the Horizon?
  • List of Abbreviations
  • References
  • Appendix: Data and Methods
  • Index.

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