Re-Considering State-Society Dynamics in Turkey’s Kurdish Southeast

State-society relations in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast have long been characterized as pitting a powerful and determined state against a reluctant, resistant, but largely overwhelmed population. Such an image of a binary, state versus society relationship is readily substantiated by a myriad histori...

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Autore principale: Watts, Nicole F.
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: European journal of Turkish studies 2017
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:State-society relations in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast have long been characterized as pitting a powerful and determined state against a reluctant, resistant, but largely overwhelmed population. Such an image of a binary, state versus society relationship is readily substantiated by a myriad historical and contemporary examples: multiple Kurdish rebellions against the central state, cultural and political dissent articulated from poetry to political parties, emergency rule law in Kurdish-majo...