The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic

ISBN-13: 9781316632499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str.

Veli Yadirgi

Opis

An examination of the link between the economic and political development of the Kurds in Turkey, and Turkey's Kurdish question.

Recenzje

'Yadirgi successfully demonstrates the historical background of the ESA's economic development as well as the transformation of the Kurdish question over time … Yadirgi's book is an invaluable contribution to the field both in terms of its methodology and the well-researched, empirical data it offers the reader.' Nationalities Papers

Spis treści

1. The Kurds, the Kurdish question in Turkey and economic development in ESA: an exploration of the central theoretical debates and outline of the methodological resources; 2. The formation of Ottoman Kurdistan: social, economic and political developments in Ottoman Kurdistan before the nineteenth century (1514–1799); 3. The transformation of Ottoman Kurdistan: underdevelopment in Ottoman Kurdistan in the age of centralisation, Westernisation and crisis (1800–1914); 4. The deformation of Ottoman Kurdistan and bordering regions: dedevelopment in ESA from the First World War until the 1980 Coup (1914–80); 5. Turkey's Kurdish question in the era of neoliberalism: from the 1980 coup to the AKP's Kurdish overture (1980–2010s); 6. Conclusion.