| ID | 144923 |
| Title Proper | Perspectives on ethno-national conflict among Kurdish families with members in the PKK |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Abbas, Tahir ; Yigit, Ismail Hakki |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article reports the findings of an ethnographic study of families with members involved in the armed struggle for Kurdish nationalism led by the Kurdistan Workers' Party. Based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews and observations with a theoretical sample of six families in the area of Yüksekova, detailed discussions were held with twelve members of families with children, partners, or siblings involved in the conflict. Ethno-national exceptionalism plays a significant role in determining the motivations of political violence among groups, but with the additional background of the perceptions and realities of systematic racialization, de-territorialization, disenfranchisement, and cultural exclusion that affect certain Kurdish groups. The findings in this article offer critical sociological and anthropological accounts of the localized drivers of ethno-nationalism, and the motivations for and the experiences of conflict among families with members involved in the armed conflict and the “Kurdish question” in Turkey. |
| `In' analytical Note | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol. 28, No.1-2; Apr-Jun 2016: p.297-315 |
| Journal Source | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol: 28 No 1-2 |
| Key Words | Nationalism ; Conflict ; Political Violence ; Turkey ; Identity ; Kurdish Question |