Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Introduction: Eruption in Diyarbakır 1
6. 1 Identity, ethnicity, politics: from Kemalism to ‘New Turkey’ 18
7. 2 Talking to Kurds about ‘Identity’ 43
8. 3 Demarcating Kurdish culture 59
9. 4 The Kurds and Islam: defying hegemony and the ‘caliphate’ 84
10. 5 Contesting homeland(s): city, soil and landscape 112
11. 6 Kurdayetî: Pan-Kurdish sentiment and solidarity 141
12. 7 Oppression, solidarity, resistance 167
13. 8 Kurds as citizens 193
14. Conclusion: reconciling ethnic identity, citizenship and the ‘ideal’ in Erdoğan’s Turkey? 221
15. Bibliography 235
16. Index 266