The political economy of the Kurds of Turkey: from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic

Author
Yadirgi, Veli
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
Language
English
Call Number
DR435.K87 Y326 2017
ISBN
9781316632499
Reference Only
Off
Number of Pages
316
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Kurds -- Turkey -- Economic conditions
Library of Congress Subject Heading 2
Kurds -- Turkey -- Social conditions
Abstract

In recent years, the persecution of the Kurds in the Middle East under ISIS in Iraq and Syria has drawn increasing attention from the international media. In this book, Veli Yadirgi analyses the socioeconomic and political structures and transformations of the Kurdish people from the Ottoman era through to the modern Turkish Republic, arguing that there is a symbiotic relationship between the Kurdish question and the de-development of the predominantly Kurdish domains, making an ideal read for historians of the region and those studying the socio-political and economic evolution of the Kurds. First outlining theoretical perspectives on Kurdish identity, socioeconomic development and the Kurdish question, Yadirgi then explores the social, economic and political origins of Ottoman Kurdistan following its annexation by the Ottomans in 1514. Finally, he deals with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and the subsequent foundation and evolution of the Kurdish question in the new Turkish Republic.