Demir, I (2014) Humbling Turkishness: Undoing the Strategies of Exclusion and Inclusion of Turkish Modernity. Journal of Historical Sociology, 27 (3). pp. 381-401. ISSN 0952-1909
Abstract
Kurds make up about a fifth of Turkey's population. Turkey has taken steps – albeit slowly and reluctantly – towards increased recognition of Kurdish cultural and linguistic rights. However, within Turkey there is also a steeply rising tide of Turkish nationalism, prejudice and intolerance towards Kurds, and increasing anti‐Kurdish sentiment. This article brings studies of Kurdishness and Turkishness into a single conversation and traces the relationship between Turkish modernity, Orientalized Kurdishness and the construction of Turkishness as the efendi (master) identity. It does this by drawing attention to “strategies of exclusion and inclusion” in the construction of official Turkish history, and relates these to the way in which the tense borders between Kurds and Turks are maintained and currently reproduced. It also presents a normative argument in favour of “humbling Turkishness” and “solidarity trading zones”
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Demir, I (2014) Humbling Turkishness: Undoing the Strategies of Exclusion and Inclusion of Turkish Modernity. Journal of Historical Sociology, 27 (3). pp. 381-401. ISSN 0952-1909, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/johs.12054. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2019 15:46 |
Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2019 08:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/johs.12054 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142573 |