The Kurds and Kurdistan

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Éditeur : Greenwood Press	Date & Lieu : 1997, London
Préface :	Pages : 358
Traduction :	ISBN : 0-313-30397-5
Langue : Anglais	Format : 145x215mm
Code FIKP : Liv. Eng. Meh. Kur. N° 3919	Thème : Général

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The Kurds and Kurdistan: a Selective and Annotated Bibliography Lokman I. Meho Greenwood Press Kurdistan, or the land of the Kurds, is a strategic area located in the geographic heart of the Middle East. Today it comprises important parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Azerbaijan. Since it was, and still is, denied independence, most scholars describe Kurdistan as the area in which Kurds constitute an ethnic majority. Kurdistan was first divided in 1514 between the Ottoman and Persian empires. Four centuries later, Britain and France further altered the political contours of Kurdistan by dividing the Ottoman Kurdistan into three main parts. Iranian Kurdistan stayed where it was. The area thus partitioned consisted of about 190,000 square miles divided as follows: Turkey (43 percent), Iran (31 percent), Iraq (18 percent), Syria (6 percent), and the former Soviet Union (2 percent).2 As in the case with most Middle Eastern stateless nations and ethnic groups, estimates of the total number of Kurds vary widely. The subsequent governments of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the former Soviet Union did not (and still do not) carry out any real official census for the Kurdish populations in their respective countries. Turkey and Azerbaijan have even denied, until ...

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Contents

List of Abbreviations / xi
Preface / xiii

Introduction: General Information on The Kurds and Kurdistan / 1

Geography and Population / 1
Kurdish National Identity / 2
Tribalism vs. Nationalism / 2
Language / 3
Religion / 5
Other Cultural Aspects of Kurdish National Identity / 5
Education / 6
Economy / 6
History / 7
The Kurds in Turkey Since 1918 / 9
The Kurds in Iran Since 1918 / 12
The Kurds in Iraq Since 1918 / 14
The Kurds in Syria Since 1918 / 15
The Kurds in the Former Soviet Union Since 1918 / 16
Conclusion / 18

1. General Works / 25
2. Description and Travel / 37
3. History and Archaeology / 43
Ancient, Classical, and Medieval: Prehistory-1496 AD / 43
Early Modern. 1497-1918 / 52
Modern and Contemporary: 1919-Present / 58
General / 58
Turkey / 73
Iran / 77
Iraq / 83
The Kurdish War in Iraq, 1961-1975 / 88
The Kurds and Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 / 96
The Kurdish War in Turkey, 1984- / 98
The Kurds and the Gulf War, 1991- / 103

4. Politics / 109
Nation-States and Kurdish Nationalism / 109
General / 109
Turkey / 133
Iran / 150
Iraq / 156
Great Britain / 176
United States / 180
Former Soviet Union / 191
Israel / 197
Human Rights and Repression / 198
General / 198
Turkey / 200
Iraq / 210
Syria / 214
Genocide / 214
Refugees / 222

5. Minorities and Religion / 231
Miscellaneous / 231
Jews / 243

6. Society / 255
National Identity / 255
Social Structure and Organization / 260
Women / 268

7. Economy / 271

8. Language and Education / 275

9. Literature and Folklore / 293

10. Culture and Arts / 299
Miscellaneous / 299
Rugs, Kilims, Textile Fabrics, etc. / 305

Author Index / 311
Title Index / 319
Subject Index / 343