The Kurdish Question in Perspective

Gunter, Michael M.

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“…We believe that Kurdish separatism constitutes an excellent case for studying popular support for secession because Kurds, who inhabit a land divided among Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria, are one of the largest ethnic communities in the world without an independent state of their own (Gottlieb ; Gunter ) . It is thus worthwhile to analyse to what extent and why Kurds support secession from their current state.…”

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Who supports secession? The determinants of secessionist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds

Sarıgil

Karakoç

2016

Nations and Nationalism

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Who supports secession in a multiethnic country? What factors lead to secessionist or separatist attitudes? Despite the substantial interest in secessionist movements, the micro-level factors and dynamics behind mass support for secession have been understudied. Using original and comprehensive data derived from two public opinion surveys, conducted in 2011 and 2013 with nationwide, representative samples, this study investigates the determinants of separatist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds. The empirical results show that perceptions of discrimination, ideological factors (i.e. a left-right division and partisanship), region and religious sect do affect support for secession. Our findings provide strong support for the grievance theory and, further, show that ideology is an important factor. However, the results call into question arguments drawing attention to the role of modernisation (i.e. socio-economic status) and of religiosity. The study also discusses some practical implications of the empirical findings.

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Who supports secession? The determinants of secessionist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds

Sarıgil

Karakoç

2016

Nations and Nationalism

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“…Many Kurds also left their villages due to PKK pressure or insecurity resulting from the fighting between state security forces and the PKK. Estimations of the number of internally displaced Kurds vary from three to four million (Celik : 140; Gunter ). In our survey, 23 per cent of those who migrated report the reason for their migration as security and forced migration.…”

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Exploring the roots and dynamics of Kurdish ethno‐nationalism in Turkey

Sarıgil

Fazlioglu

2014

Nations and Nationalism

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Using comprehensive and original data derived from a recent major public opinion survey, this study examines an under-investigated aspect of the Kurdish issue in Turkey: the dynamics and factors behind Kurdish ethno-nationalism at a mass level. The empirical findings disprove the conventional socio-economic peace and Islamic-peace hypotheses around this issue, and our statistical analyses provide strong support for the relative deprivation hypothesis, i.e. that those who think the Turkish state discriminates against Kurds are more likely to have ethno-nationalist orientations. Multivariate analyses further show that religious sectarian differences among Kurds (i.e. the Hanefi-Shafi division) matter: the more religious Shafi Kurds have a stronger ethnic consciousness and a higher degree of ethno-nationalism. The study also provides a discussion of the broader theoretical and practical implications of the empirical findings, which may provide insights into conflict resolution prospects in countries with a Kurdish population. © ASEN/John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2014

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“…26 By the turn of the twentieth century, the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II had created an irregular force of pro-government Kurdish horsemen called the Hamidiye. 27 The Hamidiye massacred and made refugees of the restive Assyrian and Armenian subjects of the Ottoman Empire, as the contemporary Arab Janjaweed in Sudan have done to the indigenous Africans in Darfur. 28 Famine, ravaged towns and villages, and extermination of the Christian population were the legacies of the Hamidiye horsemen.…”

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"Native Christians Massacred": The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I

Travis¹

2006

Genocide Studies and Prevention

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The Ottoman Empire's widespread persecution of Assyrian civilians during World War I constituted a form of genocide, the present-day term for an attempt to destroy a national, ethnic, or religious group, in whole or in part. Ottoman soldiers and their Kurdish and Persian militia partners subjected hundreds of thousands of Assyrians to a deliberate and systematic campaign of massacre, torture, abduction, deportation, impoverishment, and cultural and ethnic destruction. Established principles of international law outlawed this war of extermination against Ottoman Christian civilians before it was embarked upon, and ample evidence of genocidal intent has surfaced in the form of admissions by Ottoman officials. Nevertheless, the international community has been hesitant to recognize the Assyrian experience as a form of genocide. The Assyrian genocide is indistinguishable in principle from its Armenian counterpart, however, and its recognition by scholars and the international community may assist in the resettlement and relief of the Assyrian remnant, currently fleeing by the thousands from its homelands in Iraq.

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The Kurdish Question in Perspective

Cited by 32 publications

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Who supports secession? The determinants of secessionist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds

Who supports secession? The determinants of secessionist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds

Exploring the roots and dynamics of Kurdish ethno‐nationalism in Turkey

"Native Christians Massacred": The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I

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