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SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE KURDES IN SYRIA: ORIGINS, FORMS AND INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTS

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2017
The article addresses the problem of self-determination of the Kurdish ethnos in Syria. Kurds are an indigenous people in this territory and for a long time lived within a single space within the Ottoman Empire. The artificial division of the Middle East
M. Dyurre
doaj   +1 more source

From Competition to Compartmentalization: Rethinking Türkiye‐Gulf Relations

Middle East Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract For nearly a decade following the Arab uprisings, relations between Ankara and key Gulf capitals were marked by intense rivalry and proxy contestation across several regional arenas, notably in Egypt and Syria. Why did relations shift toward pragmatic cooperation after such prolonged polarization?
Betul Dogan‐Akkas
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining Variation in Support for Ethnic Group Rights: The Role of Forced Displacement and Conflict Proximity

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why do some members of an ethnic group support ethnic group rights while others do not? Drawing on social psychology, I argue that exposure to political violence shapes individual attitudes by deepening in‐group and out‐group distinctions and fostering expressive solidarity towards group rights. To test this argument, the study uses nationally
Oner Yigit
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Mother of the Nation? The Digital Appropriation of Shanidar Z in Kurdish and Regional Identity Politics

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the reconstruction of Shanidar Z, a 75,000‐year‐old Neanderthal woman discovered in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, became a focal point for digital negotiations of identity, ancestry, and belonging. Drawing on 51 Facebook and YouTube posts and 17,126 associated comments in Kurdish, Arabic and English, the study ...
Dana Sofi
wiley   +1 more source

Dengeleme Aracılığıyla Güç Dengesi Oluşturma: İran’ın Irak Kürtleri ile İlişkileri (2011-2018)

Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2021
Bu çalışmada, Arap Baharı sonrasında Irak Kürt bölgesinde yaşanan gelişmeler bağlamında, İran’ın Bağdat’la Erbil arasındaki güç dengesini koruma çabaları analiz edilmektedir. İran’ın söz konusu güç dengesini sağlamaya yönelik stratejileri bu kavramın bir
Muhammet Fatih Özkan, Gürol Baba
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Beliefs about collective victimization in contexts of ongoing and historical oppression: A Q methodology study among Kurds from Turkey and Northern Kurdistan in Germany

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Alevi Kurds: History, politics and identity

, 2020
This special issue brings together scholarship on Alevi Kurds by focusing on their ethnic, linguistic, religious, political, cultural and social specificity including a range of articles from the disciplines of anthropology, history, politics ...
Jenkins, C., Cetin, U., Aydin, S.
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No Heroes: The photographs of Roger Hutchings [PDF]

, 2003
An anthology examining the work of the renowned British photojournalist Roger Hutchings, from his early work for The Observer, his extended documentary project on the Kurds in Southern Turkey, his work in the Balkans during the wars in the Former ...
Hutchings, Roger, Sutherland, Patrick
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Doing Business in Zones of Legal Risk: Patterns of Corporate Involvement in Atrocity Crimes Since World War II

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Involvement of corporations in international crimes and conflict atrocities, such as crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, are neither isolated events nor uncommon. Importantly, corporate involvement in atrocity crimes is shaped by conditions in “zones of legal risk” (International Commission of Jurists), where gross human rights ...
Susanne Karstedt, Wim Huisman, Annika van Baar, Rebecca Endtricht, Lorena Rivas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decolonial Entangled Ethnographic Research: Transformative Collaborations With the UK Alevi Community Over the Last 15 Years

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