1914—World War I begins. The Ottoman Empire allies with Germany. 1919—World War I ends, the Ottoman Empire is defeated. 1923—Foundation of the Republic of Turkey. 1923–1950—The CHP holds power. 1950–1960—The DP holds power. May 27, 1960—Military coup. 1961—Execution of deposed prime minister Adnan Menderes at the prison on İmralı Island. 1965–1971, 1975–1977, 1979–1980—The AP holds […]
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1 It seems my incarceration on İmralı has caused many of the friends in key roles to begin to ponder what should happen in the time “after me.” Normally, one would have to regard this as a responsible way to proceed, but, unfortunately, these calculations stand on the wrong foundation. These friends, to all intents
My personal and political life can be divided into three phases. The first phase began with the conflict with my mother on the basis of my claim that I should be able to establish my own sociality and continued with my first adverse reactions against my family and my village, followed by my enrollment in
It would be an important shortcoming if I were not to redefine my own identity in this defense. Instead of repeating the self-definition I have provided elsewhere, I will add a few things that supplement and complement what I have already said. While working on this part of the book, I thought a lot about
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An analysis of the story of the crucifixion of Jesus, a very important event for European civilization, will throw further light on my case. In looking at it, we are less interested in the formal process than in the essence of what occurred. Sociological analyses of the Bible and other texts concerning the events generally
Introduction In the previous sections, we tried to present the historical, social, and theoretical approach necessary for a reconstruction of the PKK.1 We analyzed some properties of capitalism—the dominant social system of our age—under global and regional conditions, as well as under the conditions in our country. At the same time, intertwined with this, we
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Section A—Historical Sketch of the PKK First Phase: Emergence We began in April 1973 as a group that it would be too much to even call amateurs. At the shore of the Çubuk Dam in Ankara, this group of six talked about acting as an autonomous Kurdish group for the first time, reasoning mainly that
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Introduction A realistic approach to the Kurdish phenomenon is more important than ever before. A significant part of the chaos in Iraq was due to the Kurdish question. How this chaos, which is very high on the world’s agenda today, can be overcome is as yet unclear. Western civilization does not have the ability to
NINE – The Kurdish Phenomenon and the Kurdish Question in the Chaos of the Middle East Read More »