Cross-border Kurdish solidarity: An endangered aspect of Kurdishness
Cross-border Kurdish solidarity: An endangered aspect of Kurdishness
Author(s): Allan HassaniyanSubject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Studies in violence and power, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Cross-border interaction; solidarity; Iranian Kurds; Iraqi Kurds; Kurdish movement;
Summary/Abstract: Cross-border kinship has been a particular hallmark of Kurdish identity and an important source of solidarity between Kurds of different regions within Kurdistan. However, this article argues that the values of cross-border Kurdish solidarity have been violated in the past, due to the collaboration of elements of the Kurdish movement with the Turkish, Iranian, Iraqi and Syrian states. Misconducted cross-border interaction has led to movement fragmentation, decline or/and termination, and to internecine violence between different sections of the Kurdish movement. This paper, reflecting on the interaction between the Iranian and Iraqi Kurdish movements from the 1960s to the 1990s, argues that the Iranian Kurdish movement has been disadvantaged and has faced multifaceted challenges and difficulties partially owing to this interaction.
Journal: Kurdish Studies
- Issue Year: 7/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 135-160
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English