The Kurds: The Struggle for National Identity and Statehood

Mandana Hendessi

doi:10.1017/9781788217187

The Kurds are the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East. An Indigenous people from the Mesopotamian plains and highlands in what is now Southeast Turkey, Northeast Syria, Northern Iraq, northwest Iran and Southwest Armenia, they are the largest stateless people in the world. Denied a national identity, their culture and language have been banned or suppressed throughout the centuries and theirs is a story of resistance and survival.

This book offers a contemporary overview and critical analysis of the Kurds quest for national identity and statehood from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the modern day. Kurdish nationalism has taken many forms and had to endure periods of rebellion, acceptance, oppression and ethnic cleansing. Mandana Hendessi outlines the contours of the political struggle and military conflict that continue to shape the lives of a people that occupy one of the most contested regions in the world.

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Frontmatter
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List of Abbreviations
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Map
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Introduction
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1 - Kurdish nationalism: the beginnings
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3 - Kurdish nationalism in twentieth-century Turkey and Syria
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4 - The Kurdish women’s movement
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6 - Kurdish statehood: Kurdish Regional Government, Iraq
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7 - Kurdish statehood: Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
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Conclusion: Kurdish autonomy – a regional tinderbox?
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Chronology
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Further Reading
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References
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Index
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The Struggle for National Identity and Statehood

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Abbreviations
pp vii-viii

Map
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-10

1 - Kurdish nationalism: the beginnings
pp 11-30

2 - From rebellion to political manifestos: Kurdish nationalism in twentieth-century Iran and Iraq
pp 31-52

3 - Kurdish nationalism in twentieth-century Turkey and Syria
pp 53-68

4 - The Kurdish women’s movement
pp 69-84

5 - Beyond the mountains: transnationalizing the Kurdish struggle for land and national identity
pp 85-96

6 - Kurdish statehood: Kurdish Regional Government, Iraq
pp 97-108

7 - Kurdish statehood: Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
pp 109-126

Conclusion: Kurdish autonomy – a regional tinderbox?
pp 127-134

Chronology
pp 135-142

Further Reading
pp 143-144

References
pp 145-154

Index
pp 155-164

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