MESOP NEWS RECOMMENDATIONS : TOP PAPERS FROM YOUR NEWSFEED / KURDISTAN

• Ayhan Aktar Ayhan Aktar –  Edhem Eldem, ‘A shameful debate? A critical reassessment of the ‘Torossian debate’, Journal of Genocide Research, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2016.
• Ayse Betul Celik Ayse Betul Celik – Bookmarked by Jan Vindheim

ONTOLOGICAL INSECURITY IN ASYMMETRIC CONFLICTS: A DISCUSSION OF AGONISTIC PEACE IN TURKEY’S KURDISH ISSUE

• Metin Atmaca Metin Atmaca – Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi, History, Faculty Member  – Three Stages of Political Transformation in the 19th Century Ottoman Kurdistan

The 19th century was a period of immense transformation for Kurdistan in terms of political structure. As the political and administrative divisions in Kurdistan increased the transformation of the land accelerated further. Thus, despite the Kurdish emirates lasted for several centuries, after the 19th century such political structures were replaced with the religious leaders and later with the tribal chiefs. Taking such a transformation into consideration one could follow three phases in the 19th century of Kurdistan: Firstly, the classical period, which was dominated by secular leaders,…

• Serhun Al Serhun Al – Izmir University of Economics, Political Science and International Relations, Faculty Member

Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East: Actors, Ideas, and Interests

This edited volume introduces the political, social and economic intra-Kurdish dynamics in the Middle East by comparatively analyzing the main actors, their ideas, and political interests. As an ethnic group and a nation in the making, Kurds are not homogeneous and united but rather the Kurdish Middle East is home to various competing political groups, leaderships, ideologies, and interests. Although many existing studies focus on the Kurds and their relations with the nation-states that they populate, few studies analyze the Kurdish Middle East within its own debates, conflicts and…

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