Human rights, civil society and conflict in Turkey’s Kurdish question
- Authors: Nathalie Tocci and Alper Kaliber
- Main Title: Civil Society, Conflicts and the Politicization of Human Rights , pp 139-160
- Publication Date: October 2013
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/33e86e2b-en
- Language: English
Turkey’s Kurdish question has been strongly shaped by and analysed through the lens of the nature of the Turkish state and the manner in which it has responded to the Kurdish nationalist challenge. Indeed, Turkey’s Kurdish question, rather than representing an ethnic or ethno-political conflict, is more accurately described as a conflict between the Turkish state and the Kurdish nationalist movement, the latter being epitomized above all by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Whereas the specificities of the Turkish state have moulded the particular shape of the Kurdish nationalist challenge, the PKK has tended to validate the securitizing discourse of the state establishment. This notwithstanding, a grossly underresearched area regards the role and impact of civil society actors, both Turkish and Kurdish, in Turkey’s Kurdish question.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210563406
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/574fe52f-en
Related Subject(s):
Human Rights and Refugees
Sustainable Development Goals:
Countries:
Turkey
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