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Ancient Migratory Events in the Middle East: New Clues from the Y-Chromosome Variation of Modern Iranians [PDF]

, 2012
Knowledge of high resolution Y-chromosome haplogroup diversification within Iran provides important geographic context regarding the spread and compartmentalization of male lineages in the Middle East and southwestern Asia.
A Gusmão, A Keller, Alessandro Achilli, AM Cadenas, Anna Olivieri, Antonio Torroni, B Arredi, B Su, Baharak Hooshiar Kashani, C Cinnioğlu, C Flores, C Stringer, CC Lamberg-Karlovsky, E Bosch, F Cruciani, F Cruciani, Francesca Gandini, G Hudjashov, G Passarino, G Zei, H Lacau, HJ Bandelt, HJ Bandelt, I Nasidze, I Nasidze, J Chiaroni, JR Luis, KK Abu-Amero, L Excoffier, L Quintana-Murci, LA Zhivotovsky, LL Cavalli-Sforza, LS Whitfield, M Gimbutas, M Nei, M Pala, M Regueiro, Massoud Houshmand, MC Dulik, MC Terreros, MF Hammer, MF Hammer, MM Lahr, Mohammad Hossein Sanati, MT Akbari, MT Seielstad, N Al-Zahery, N Al-Zahery, Nadia Al-Zahery, NM Myres, O Semino, O Semino, Ornella Semino, P Balaresque, P Briant, P Shen, P Soares, PA Underhill, PA Underhill, PA Underhill, PA Underhill, PA Underhill, R Ghirshman, RD Gray, RJ King, RJ King, RS Wells, S Amanollahi-Baharvand, S Farjadian, S Farjadian, S Rootsi, S Sengupta, Silvia Parolo, T Kivisild, TM Karafet, Toomas Kivisild, V Battaglia, Vincenza Battaglia, Viola Grugni, Z Lashgary   +79 more
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Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Kurd

, 2018
The Kurds inhabit an area known as Kurdistan, which roughly includes the Zagros and Taurus mountain ranges, and lies along the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. Traditionally, the Kurds were nomadic pastoralists or settled agriculturalists, but now mainly live in settled agricultural communities with livestock.
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Unregulated Desires: Anomie, the “Rainbow Underclass” and Second-generation Alevi Kurdish Gangs in London [PDF]

, 2020
This article offers a case study of the adaptation strategies of a section of second-generation young male Alevi Kurds in London and the social conditions which make some of them more prone to join gangs and to reject mainstream institutions in their ...
Cetin, U., Cetin, U.
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Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration Alevi Families, Belongings and Being in Motion and Transformation From Diasporic Grandchildren's Perspective

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
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Contested Refugeeness in the Lavrio Kurdish Camp After the 2015 Reception Crisis in Greece

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
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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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
wiley   +1 more source

“Nomads” and “Mountaineers”: A Historical Survey of Turk/Turkmen – Kurd Interrelations

Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2020
Following Turkey’s recent military operation in Syria (Operation Peace Spring) against the YPG forces, the ‘Turks’ and the ‘Kurds’ have widely and discursively been dichotomized by the Western media outlets and political circles.
Mustafa Onur Tetik
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
wiley   +1 more source

'Turks' in London: shades of invisibility and the shifting relevance of policy in the migration process [PDF]

, 2008
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King, Russell
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