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Poetics of modernity and nationalism: Revisiting the emergence of modern Kurdish poetry

Literature Compass, Volume 19, Issue 7, July 2022., 2022
Abstract The emergence of modern Kurdish poetry marks a period of great significance in the history of Kurdish literature since it witnessed the advent of modernity, the rise of Kurdish nationalism, the fall of the Persian and Ottoman Empires, and the creation of the Middle East with no country for Kurds.
Farangis Ghaderi
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Dialectal Layers in West Iranian: A Hierarchical Dirichlet Process Approach to Linguistic Relationships1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 120, Issue 1, Page 1-31, March 2022., 2022
Abstract This paper addresses a series of complex and unresolved issues in the historical phonology of West Iranian languages, (Persian, Kurdish, Balochi, and other languages), which display a high degree of irregular, non‐Lautgesetzlich behaviour.
Chundra A. Cathcart
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Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration

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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Making fun of the standard tongue: Enregisterment, social difference, and Kurdish language humor

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 3, December 2025.
Abstract This article analyzes how humor around contrasts between standard and non‐standard Northern, i.e., Kurmanji, Kurdish spoken in Turkey contributes to the enregisterment of standard Kurdish, arguing that Kurdish language jokes promote the recognition and, to different degrees, uptake of standardized linguistic repertoires among differently ...
Patrick C. Lewis
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Criticism of Gorani and Zazaki's separation hypothesis from Kurdish

پژوهشنامه ادبیات کردی
The Kurdish language has different varieties that linguists do not consider separate from Kurdish, with the exception of Gurani and Zazaki, which are considered independent from Kurdish in the opinion of some linguists. Separating Gourani and Zazaki does
Jutyar Nariman Hussein
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A never‐ending story of an identity crisis or a creative reformulation of an Alevi‐mindset? What the case of Alevi youth in the German diaspora suggest today?

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 48-64, April 2025.
Abstract The Alevi movement, originating more than three decades ago in Turkey and the Western European diaspora, has led to significant social and cultural shifts within Alevi communities. This movement witnessed the emergence of Alevi associations, increased religio‐political activities, and a fervent search for a redefined Alevi identity.
Ahmet Kerim Gültekin
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A Critical Examination of Some Phonological and Morphological Inconsistencies in The Standardisation of Zazaki

Kurdiyat
This study examines a series of phonological, morphological, and syntactic inconsistencies that emerge in the standardisation of Zazaki, with particular reference to the practices adopted by the Vate Studying Group.
İbrahim Bingöl, Ümran Altınkılıç
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Gilaki reverse Ezafe: The two faces of a nominal linker

Syntax, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 376-392, June 2024.
Abstract This paper examines a nominal linker (known as reverse Ezafe) in the Caspian language Gilaki. It is shown that the nominal linker in Gilaki is in fact the realization of two different morphosyntactic elements with distinct properties. In doing so, we also highlight the differences between reverse Ezafe and Ezafe, found in Persian and other ...
Arsalan Kahnemuyipour, Mansour Shabani, Sahar Taghipour   +2 more
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Kurdish gender politics: Funeral ceremonies of female fighters

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 6-25, Winter 2024.
Abstract The funeral ceremonies of female fighters are a relatively recent phenomenon that gained popularity in Kurdish politics in Turkey in the early 2000s and after the 2011 uprisings in Syria. As a sociocultural rite, these funerals have become a spectacular site, a political means, and a symbolic investment serving an intersectional agenda ...
Yunus Abakay
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Kur'an-ı Kerim'in Zazaca Tercümeleri

Nüsha
Zazaca Anadolu’nun kadim dillerinden birisi olup günümüzde Türkiye’de konuşulmakta olan üçüncü büyük dildir. Zazalar, tarih boyunca Müslüman bir halk olarak bilinmektedir.
İsmail Söylemez
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