The Kurdish question and Turkey : an example of a trans-state ethnic conflict /
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| Author / Creator: | Kirişci, Kemal, 1954- |
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| Imprint: | London ; Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 1997. |
| Description: | xvi, 237 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2759115 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. What is a Nation? What is an Ethnic Group? The Formation of Nations and Ethnic Groups. Trans-state Ethnic Conflicts. The Case of the Basques in Spain. The Kurds and Turks in Turkey
- 2. Minority Rights and the Issue of Self-Determination. What is a Minority? What are the Rights of a Minority? The Problems of Minority Rights. The Kurds and Minority Rights in Turkey. What is a 'People'? What is Meant by Self-Determination? The Development of the Principle and Right of Self-Determination. The Problems of Self-Determination. Self-Determination and the Case of Turkey and the Kurds
- 3. The Origins of the Kurdish Question. The Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. The Struggle for Power and the Redrawing of Frontiers. The Emergence of a National Resistance Movement and the Establishment of the Turkish Republic. The Failure of the Kurds to Form a Unified National Movement
- 4. The Evolution of the Kurdish Question in Turkey. The Origins of Turkish Nationalism. From Ottoman Patriotism to Turkish Nationalism - 1919-23. Turkish Nationalism - 1923-38. Kurdish Nationalism - 1923-38. The Development of Kurdish Nationalism in Post-World War Two Turkey
- 5. The Kurdish Question and Recent Developments in Turkey. The Kurdish Question in Turkey Today: Preliminary Remarks. Socio-Economic Factors and the Kurdish Question in Turkey. Violence and the Kurdish Question in Turkey. Migration and the Kurdish Question in Turkey. The Role of the Turkish Government and the Kurdish Question. The Role of Political Parties in Turkey and the Kurdish Question
- 6. The International Dimension of the Kurdish Question. The Launching of Operation PROVIDE COMFORT. Turkey and the Situation in Northern Iraq. The Kurdish Question and Turkey's Relations with its Middle East Neighbours. The Kurdish Question and Turkey's Relations with the West
- 7. Possible Solutions to the Kurdish Question. Secession. Consociationalism. Forms of Autonomy. Federal Schemes. Provision of Special Rights. Further Democratization. Multiculturalism
- 8. Conclusion.