Kurds of Modern Turkey

Download or read book Kurds of Modern Turkey written by Cenk Saraçoglu and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of the Kurds in Turkey has long been a controversial issue, although discussion has generally been focused around the political and cultural rights and activities of the Kurds. This book aims to bring a new approach to this contentious subject by shifting attention to the changing popular image of the Kurds in Turkish cities. It focuses particularly on the ways in which the middle-class in Turkish cities develop an exclusionary discourse against the Kurds. Cenk Saracoglu investigates the social origins of such a perception by bringing into focus how neoliberal economic policies and Kurdish migration have transformed urban life in Turkey.