BOOK REVIEW: Ethnic Boundaries in Turkish Politics: The Secular Kurdish Movement and Islam

Abstract

For more than three decades now, the Kurdish question has continued as perhaps the most pressing issue of contemporary Turkey, fundamentally influencing the ebbs and flows of Turkish democracy, authoritarianism, foreign policy, economic development, law and order and societal peace. With intermittently shifting patterns of peace and conflict, the political violence surrounding the Kurdish question continues to haunt the everyday lives of many in Turkey and neighboring territories such as Iraqi Kurdistan and northern Syria.

Keywords

Ethnic Boundaries, Turkish Politics, Secular Kurdish Movement, Islam

Citation

Al, Serhun, Book Review: “Zeki Sarıgil, Ethnic Boundaries in Turkish Politics: The Secular Kurdish Movement and Islam, New York, New York University Press, 2018”, Uluslararasi Iliskiler, Vol. 16, No. 64, 2019, pp. 173-175, DOI: 10.33458/uidergisi.653063

Affiliations

• Serhun AL, Assist. Prof. Dr., Department of Political Science and International Relations, Izmir University of Economics