Beschreibung
The kidnapping and condemnation of the PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan
represent a turning point in the development of the Kurdish problem in the
Middle East. Although the Turkish state achieved a strategic victory, the
Kurdish conflict is yet to be politically solved. The question whether the
Turkish state elite will be willing in this new context to change its
repressive policy against the Kurds and assume a new political orientation
remains open.
In the current volume social scientists from different disciplines analyse
the various dimensions and aspects of the Kurdish conflict. At the core of
the interest are the controversy on the political implementation of
violence, the relevance of the international law for the conflict, the
regional and foreign relations of the PKK, and the chances and obstacles
of a peaceful democratic conflict resolution.
CONTENTS:
Hamit Bozarslan, „Why the armed Struggle?“
Understanding the Violence in Kurdistan of Turkey;
Michael Gunter, The Kurdish Question and International
Law; Gülistan Gürbey, Peaceful Settlement of
Turkey`s Kurdish Conflict through Autonomy; Amr Hamzawy,
Contemporary Arab Academic and Journalistic Perceptions
of the Kurdish Problem; Ferhad Ibrahim, The
„Foreign Policy“ of the PKK: Regional Allies and
Enemies; Robert Olson, Turkey`s Relations with Syria
since Gulf War: The Kurdish Question and the Water
Problem; Baskin Oran, Linguistic Minority Rights in
Turkey, the Kurds, and Globalization; Norman Peach,
International Law and the Kurdish Struggle for Freedom;
Heidi Wedel; Migration and Displacement – Kurdish
Migrants in Instanbul in the 1990s
Dr. Gülistan Gürbey teaches at the Middle
Eastern Study Section, Department of Political and Social
Science at Free University of Berlin.
Dr. Ferhad Ibrahim teaches at the Middle Eastern Study
Section, Department of Political and Social Science at Free
University of Berlin. Currently he is guest professor at the
University of Jordan in Amman.
