Customized Forms of Kurdishness in Turkey: State Rhetoric, Locality, and Language Use (Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations) PDF
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Customized Forms of Kurdishness in Turkey Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations SeriesEditor:BaharBaşer ThisseriesstrivestoproducehighqualityacademicworkonKurdishsocietyandpolitics, and the international relations of Kurdish organization and governments (Kurdistan Re- gion of Iraq) both regionally and globally. The books in this series explore themes of contemporaryrelevanceaswellaspresentinghistoricaltrajectoriesoftheKurdishpopula- tions.Theseriescontributestotherapidlygrowingliteratureonthistopicwithbooksthat areoriginalandmakesubstantialempiricalandtheoreticalcontribution.Theseries’main focus aretheKurds and thesocial,culturaland political environmentinwhich Kurdish issuesplayout.Thesubjectsthatweareinterestedinincludebutarenotlimitedto:the historyoftheKurds,KurdishpoliticsandpolicieswithinIraq,Iran,Turkey,andSyria,as wellasKurdishpoliticsandtheirimpactontheinternationalrelationsoftheMiddleEast. ThisseriesalsopublishesbooksonthepoliciesoftheUSA,Europe,andothercountries towards Kurdish movements and territories, and interdisciplinary research on Kurdish societies, religions, social movements, and the Kurdish diaspora. Lastly, our aim is to contributetotheacademicliteratureonKurdishculture,arts,cinema,andliterature.This seriesspeakstoaudiencesoutsideacademia,andisnotlimitedtoarea-studiestopics.All booksinthisserieswillbepeer-reviewedanddemonstrateacademicqualityandrigor. TitlesintheSeries CustomizedFormsofKurdishnessinTurkey:StateRhetoric,Locality,andLanguageUse, byCerenŞengül Customized Forms of Kurdishness in Turkey State Rhetoric, Locality, and Language Use Ceren Şengül LEXINGTONBOOKS Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•London PublishedbyLexingtonBooks AnimprintofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 6TinworthStreet,LondonSE115AL,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2018byTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData ISBN978-1-4985-7356-6(cloth:alk.paper) ISBN978-1-4985-7357-3(electronic) TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Tomymother... Toallthepeoplefightingforabetterfuture... Contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction:ResearchingKurdishnessinTurkey 1 1 Two“MomentsofTransition”:HowStateRhetoricPlaysa RoleinManifestationsofKurdishness 25 2 ContextualizingKurdishnessThroughLocalities:Everyday ExperiencesofPrejudice/Discrimination 67 3 ContextualizingKurdishnessThroughLanguage:Family EnvironmentandNeighborhood 85 Conclusion:(Re-)ShapingKurdishnessfromMacrotoMicro 103 Appendix:ListoftheRespondents 111 Bibliography 113 Index 121 AbouttheAuthor 123 vii
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