The International Dimension of Iraqi Kurdish Opposition Movement: The Evaluation the Period 1918-1975 Cover Image

Irak Kürt Muhalafet Hareketinde Uluslararasi Boyut: 1918-1975 Arasi Dönemin Analizi
The International Dimension of Iraqi Kurdish Opposition Movement: The Evaluation the Period 1918-1975

Author(s): Ogün Duru
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Evaluation research, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Politics and Identity
Published by: Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
Keywords: Kurdish Movement; External Dynamics; Kurdish Identity; Northern Iraq;

Summary/Abstract: This article evaluates the effects of regional and non-regional countries on Kurdish movement against its opposition to the central government. It argues that the conditions that lead Kurdish movement emerged, its success in articulating its political demands, and its enforcement on central government to accept and recognise them are to a great extend dependent on the external dynamics. Thus, the article focuses on how the external dynamics reconstructs Kurdish identity, ascends the level of political demands of Kurds, and leads to integration and dispersion of its opposition to the central government. In this context, the scope of the research covers the period between the onset of the British influence in Iraq in 1917, and one of the most important breaking points of the Kurdish movement in 1975.

  • Issue Year: 2/2010
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 74-112
  • Page Count: 39
  • Language: Turkish