Essays about: "Kurdish nationalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Kurdish nationalism.

  1. 1. We are here, we don’t fear Feminists counteracting legitimizing myths and authoritarian practices in Turkey to end violence against women

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Karlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Feminist mobilization; violence against women; Turkey; legitimizing myths; Authoritarianism; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Previous literature suggests that the republic of Turkey is transforming from a democracy to an authoritarian country under Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi’s rule. The Turkish government has introduced and implemented a series of events that organizes around the supreme power of the President - one major being the withdrawal from the Istanbul convention. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Zazas in Crisis: A qualitative study on the influence of the Turkish political discourse on the Zaza Identity

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : JOHANNA ASLAN; [2020]
    Keywords : Zaza; Turkey; Kurdish; identity; nationalism; ethnicity; minorities; exclusion;

    Abstract : Författaren till denna uppsats har under en fältresa till Turkiet gjort en undersökning om Zazas, en mellangrupp människor som ofta faller i den etniska kategorin kurder eller turk, och som där samlade essensiellt akademiskt innehåll och individuella åsikter från lokalbefolkningen som intervjuades. Skälen bakom försummelsen av Zazas och förtrycket mot dem orsakade av Turkiets nationalistiska diskurs utforskas och det lärs ut att när Zazas försummades sitt språk, hade de officiellt uteslutits från hela nationens samhällsstrukturer. READ MORE

  4. 3. Kurdish Political Identity within the Realm of Turkish Politics and Kemalism

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om migration, etnicitet och samhälle

    Author : Lemi Caner Saridal; [2019]
    Keywords : Kurdish political identity; Turkish politics; Kemalism;

    Abstract : Kurdish political identity, their quest for recognition has been an everlasting issue in the Turkish politics since the establishment of Turkish Republic (1923). When the Republic was building by the Republican elite during the single-party regime, the Turkish identity and Mustafa Kemal’s principles became constituent elements of Republican agenda which was ideologically aimed to be a modern nation-state that showed no tolerance to those who stayed out of its scope (i. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Case Study of the “Dağlıca Event” From Chaos to Election Victory : Media and Politics of Fear in the Political Communication of Terrorism in Turkey

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Emir Burak Sayin; [2017]
    Keywords : Abdullah Ocalan; Recep Tayyip Erdogan; PKK; Turkey; Nationalism; Stand-alone complex; Media; Terrorism; Politics of Fear; CHP; MHP; Selahattin Demirtas; HDP; AKP; Ahmet Davutoglu; CNNTurk; NTV; AHaber; Dogan Media; Dogus Media; CNN; 7th of June Election; Daglica attack; Turkish Army; Kurdish Question; Turkish Nationalism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine the complex relationship between the realm of politics and media during a ‘terrorist event’ in Turkey by focusing on the politics of fear and the power relations between two. The research uses Critical Discourse Analysis as a primary method to analyse political communication and media coverage of a ‘terrorist attack’ in Turkey. READ MORE

  6. 5. "The Kurds are alive and their flag will never fall” - Nationalism and internal national dynamics in Kurdistan Regional Government

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Martina Berglund; [2017]
    Keywords : independency; nationalism; tribalism; national identity; KRG; Kurdistan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Nationalism and the urge for independency has increased since the development of a Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq. The purpose of this study is to further our understanding of the internal national dynamics in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and describe the political parties’ perspective on independency in relation to tribalism and national identity. READ MORE