Kurds in Dark Times: New Perspectives on Violence and Resistance in Turkey

by Ayça Alemdaroglu (Editor), Fatma Müge Göçek (Editor), Metin Atmaca (Contribution by), Janet Klein (Contribution by), Baris Ünlü (Contribution by)

Overview

"Alemdaroglu and Gèoðcek's volume opens an essential window into the lives of Kurds in Turkey, generating meaningful insights not only into the political interactions with the Turkish state and society, but also the informal ways in which they negotiate within society that will be crucial in developing peace and reconciliation"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815637707
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	01/03/2023
Series:	Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.13(d)

About the Author

Ayça Alemdaroglu is a research scholar and associate director of the Program on Turkey at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. Fatma Müge Göçek is professor of sociology and women's studies at the University of Michigan.

Interviews

The book includes new research on Kurdish history and society by a younger generation of scholars educated in Turkey, North America, and Europe.

Editorial Reviews

The book includes voices from a new generation of scholars in the emergent field of Kurdish studies.

London School of Economics Esra Özyürek

An admirable set of essays on what it means to live as Kurdish women and men in today's Turkey, documenting the many forms of everyday oppression and resistance. Unlike much of the recent writing on the Kurds, the authors consistently and convincingly present the view from below; they deserve credit for their committed scholarship.

Martin van Bruinessen

In dark times, light is an imperative. This tome is a wonderful collection illuminating the Kurdish situation in Turkey. Their current suffering has a long history and, in examining this history, the various authors address things such as Turkishness as whiteness, the racialization of Kurds and Armenians, women as central actors in the Kurdish resistance, the prolonged history of the Kurds in what we call today Turkey, and much more. Alemdaroglu and Göçek have produced an enormously important book that will be of interest to students of race, ethnic, and nationalist matters.

Duke University Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

The book includes voices from a new generation of scholars in the emergent field of Kurdish studies.

University of Cambridge Esra Özyürek

A hugely important contribution to shedding light on the structural violence, everyday violence, and political violence against Kurds in Turkey; a preciously collective effort of scholars across generations to think and stand against the 'evil' and 'dark times' of totalitarianism. This book is timely and urgent, thoughtful and compelling.

University of Kent Zerrin Özlem Biner

The book includes voices from a new generation of scholars in the emergent field of Kurdish studies.-- "Esra Özyürek, University of Cambridge"

In dark times, light is an imperative. This tome is a wonderful collection illuminating the Kurdish situation in Turkey. Their current suffering has a long history and, in examining this history, the various authors address things such as Turkishness as whiteness, the racialization of Kurds and Armenians, women as central actors in the Kurdish resistance, the prolonged history of the Kurds in what we call today Turkey, and much more. Alemdaroglu and Göçek have produced an enormously important book that will be of interest to students of race, ethnic, and nationalist matters.-- "Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University"

A hugely important contribution to shedding light on the structural violence, everyday violence, and political violence against Kurds in Turkey; a preciously collective effort of scholars across generations to think and stand against the 'evil' and 'dark times' of totalitarianism. This book is timely and urgent, thoughtful and compelling.-- "Zerrin Özlem Biner, University of Kent"

An admirable set of essays on what it means to live as Kurdish women and men in today's Turkey, documenting the many forms of everyday oppression and resistance. Unlike much of the recent writing on the Kurds, the authors consistently and convincingly present the view from below; they deserve credit for their committed scholarship.

-- "Martin van Bruinessen, professor emeritus, Utrecht University"

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