The Zaza Civilization : The Zaza Civilization - A Kurdish Sub-Ethnic Group or Separate Identity?

ISBN-13: 9783659880179 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 140 str.

Kemal Yildirim

Opis

The Zazas, (also known as Kird, Kirmanc or Dimili) are a people in eastern Anatolia who natively speak the Zaza language. Their heartland, the Dersim region, consists of Tunceli, Bingöl provinces and parts of Elaz_g, Erzincan and Diyarbak_r provinces. The majority of Zazas consider themselves ethnic Kurds, part of the Kurdish nation,Among Kurdish Social groups, However, Zazas identify themselves with different names changing from region to region. Kirmancs, Kirds, Dimili/Dumbili and Zazas. And the dialect carry the names of their different regions - Kirmanchki, Kirdki, Dimilki and Zazaki. Compared to other Kurdish dialects, their dialect alone retains characteristics from ancient languages which have been preserved through time. Zazas originated in eastern Anatolia and are genetically indistinguishable from their Kurmanji neighbors, although linguistically connected to the region south of the Caspian Sea. The future of the Zaza will greatly be determined by the political processes in Turkey through the Government policies in Turkey. and through the prospective of Kurdish movement and the activity of Zaza intellectuals themselves.

O autorze

Dr Kemal Yildirim, Political scientist who did much to encourage interest in Oriental studies in the Middleeast.He studied at universities in Finland, Mexico, Nicaragua ,Portugal and learned Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian,Aremean and he has written a number of books about political history and cultures of modern and ancient Nearestern civilizations