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Abstract The scarce political and social psychological research on the Kurdish–Turkish context primarily addresses intergroup relations and general perceptions of the conflict. Conversely, Kurds' experiences of and beliefs about collective victimization in this context have not been examined much to date.
Helin Ünal, Johanna Ray Vollhardt
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Investigating Kinship Terms in Kalhori Variety of Eyvan [PDF]
Systematic study of the Kinship terms in the languages of the world can provide a unique opportunity for thorough analysis of both their linguistic features and mechanisms and also the internal architecture of the communities of their speakers.
Zaniar Naghshbandi +2 more
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ABSTRACT The vibrant British Alevi community has settled in London and other parts of the UK since the late 1980s, constituting the largest population of Kurdish Alevis outside of Turkey. Their religion is Alevism, but they are often mistakenly identified as Turkish and Muslim, contributing to their invisibility in this country.
Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins
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The Role of French Intellectuals in the Development of Kurdish Studies and Kurdish Enlightenment
The Renaissance and Reform movements that started in Italy in the 15th century affected society and culture from all sides and opened the way for a new era, also called The Enlightenment. The French Revolution in 1789, which was based on the ideas of the
Keskin, Necat +2 more
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Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe
ABSTRACT The semah, a genre of music and movement practices imbued with values of gender, class, age and ethical egalitarianism, lies at the core of the Alevis' ayn‐i cem rituals. Since the 1970s, processes of urbanisation, migration, folklore production and heritage‐making have facilitated the circulation of semah beyond ritual contexts, particularly ...
Sinibaldo De Rosa
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Alevi Spatial Politics: Placemaking and the Negotiation of Visibility Across Diaspora and Homeland
ABSTRACT This article examines Alevi spatial politics by analysing how space is produced, practised and negotiated across diaspora and homeland. Drawing on multi‐sited ethnographic research conducted among British Alevis in London and in Alevi villages in the Afşin–Elbistan region of Turkey, it focuses on cemevis (cem houses) as key sites of religious ...
Hayal Hanoğlu
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A Review on the Soviet Kurdish Novel (the Examples From Hewarî, Gundê Mêrxasan and Hopo)
Though seemingly unconnected conceptually, concepts concerning the land and the literature impact each other. From one point of view, the land determines the character of the literature.
Atlı, Hikmettin
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ABSTRACT Despite enduring decades of advocacy, Alevi communities in Türkiye find themselves in a constant state of anticipation for acknowledgment from the Turkish state. Previous studies have long documented the marginalized status of Alevis within Turkish society and their ongoing struggle for recognition; however, they have overwhelmingly framed the
Aslı Gücin
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Contested Refugeeness in the Lavrio Kurdish Camp After the 2015 Reception Crisis in Greece
ABSTRACT This article explores the meanings of refugeeness among Kurdish residents of the self‐managed Lavrio refugee camp in Greece in the aftermath of the 2015 reception crisis. Focusing on how Kurdish camp residents make sense of their political identities and on how they distinguish themselves from those they call ‘non‐political refugees’, the ...
Filyra Vlastou‐Dimopoulou
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Regular writing of syllable phonemes
Elements of the Middle Kermanji dialect are intertwined and clustered, with mainly dependent phonemes and overturned phonemes; also, various words in various modes are among the elements of this dialect.
Mohammad Mahwi
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