The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in the 1990s

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Éditeur : University Press of Kentucky	Date & Lieu : 1996-01-01, Kentucky
Préface :	Pages : 208
Traduction :	ISBN : 978-0813-108-964
Langue : Anglais	Format : 150x230 mm
Code FIKP : Liv. Ang. 447	Thème : Histoire

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In The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in the 1990s leading scholars on the history and plight of the Kurds systematically lay out the case that the Kurdish Question looms as one of the largest threats to peace and stability in the Middle East for the coming decades. With the majority of Kurds living within its borders, no country faces this threat more squarely than Turkey, whose concept of a unified, cohesive nationhood —in which the existence of ethnic minorities is not acknowledged— makes this potential powderkeg more difficult to manage than elsewhere. Separate sections examine the development of the movement in the 1980s and explore its influence on Turkey's foreign, domestic, and human rights policies, in the end questioning the viability of the Turkish state as presently constituted. Robert Olson, professor of Middle East and Islamic history at the University of Kentucky, is the author of several books, including The Ba'ath in Syria, 1947-1982, and The Emergence of Kurdish Nationalism, 1880-1925.

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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments / vii
Note on Spelling and Names / viii
English Translations of Political Parties and Organizations in Turkey / ix
Maps / x, xi
Introduction / 1

Part I
The Development of the Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Turkey since the 1980s
1. The Development of the Kurdish Nationalism Movement in Turkey since the 1980s / 9
Gülistan Gürbey
2. Turkey's Kurdish Problem In The 1990s: Recent Trends / 38
Aram Nigogosian
3. Kurdish Infighting: The PKK-KDP Conflict / 50
Michael Gunter
Part II
The Kurdish Nationalist Movement and Its Impact on Turkey's Foreign Policy
4. Under the Gun: Turkish Foreign Policy and the Kurdish Question / 65
Henri Barkey
5. The Kurdish Question and Turkey's Foreign Policy Toward Syria, Iran, Russia and Iraq since the Gulf War / 84
Robert Olson
6. More Apparent than Real? The Impact of the Kurdish Issue on Euro-Turkish Relations / 114
Philip Robins
Part III
The Kurdish Nationalist Movement and Its Impact on Turkey's Domestic Politics and Human Rights Policies
7. Political Crisis and the Kurdish Issue in Turkey / 135
Hamit Bozarslan
8. The New Democracy Movement in Turkey: A Response to Liberal Capitalism and Kurdish Ethnonationalism / 154
Robert Olson and Yücel Bozdağlıoğlu
9. Nationalism and the Rule of Law in Turkey: The Elimination of Kurdish Representation During the 1990s / 173
Mark Muller

List of Contributors / 200
Index / 202