RADICAL ISLAMISM’S APPROACH TO THE KURDISH QUESTION IN TURKEY (1980-2002): “THE KURDISH QUESTION IS THE UMMAH'S QUESTION”

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The Kurdish Question One Hundred Years After: Problems and Relevance of the Outcomes of World War I

International Affairs ◽

10.21557/iaf.53420839 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 65 (002) ◽

pp. 73-85

Author(s):

Mehmet Emin İkbal Dürre

Keyword(s):

World War I ◽

World War ◽

Kurdish Question

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The Middle East and Peaceful Change

The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Change in International Relations ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190097356.013.42 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Arie M. Kacowicz ◽

Galia Press-Barnathan

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Domestic Politics ◽

War Zone ◽

Arab League ◽

Arab Israeli Conflict ◽

Kurdish Question ◽

The Arab Spring ◽

The Impact ◽

Level Of Analysis

The Middle East is often considered a war zone, and it rarely comes to mind as a region that includes cases of peaceful change. Yet several examples of peaceful change can be identified at different levels of analysis: international, regional, interactive, and domestic. This chapter first critically examines the impact of the broader global/systemic level of analysis on the prospects for peaceful change. It then moves to examine the regional level of analysis, exploring the Kurdish question and the Arab-Israeli conflict as a central axis of change, the role of the Arab League, and the case of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The chapter then examines the interactive, bilateral level of analysis, exploring peaceful territorial change in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, with reference to the successful Israeli-Egyptian negotiations of 1977–1979 and the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process since 1993. Next, it explores the domestic level of analysis, focusing on domestic politics, the nature of ruling coalitions, and the implications of the domestic turmoil of the Arab Spring. The last section draws conclusions from each level of analysis, with implications about the prospects for peaceful change in the region.

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The Kurds as parties to and victims of conflicts in Iraq

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s1816383108000143 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 89 (868) ◽

pp. 823-842 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Inga Rogg ◽

Hans Rimscha

Keyword(s):

Arab World ◽

Kurdistan Region ◽

Peaceful Settlement ◽

History Of ◽

Self Rule ◽

Uncertain Future ◽

Kurdish Question ◽

National Reconciliation ◽

Future Status ◽

Rare Opportunity

AbstractAfter decades of fighting and suffering, the Kurds in Iraq have achieved far-reaching self-rule. Looking at the history of conflicts and alliances between the Kurds and their counterparts inside Iraq and beyond its borders, the authors find that the region faces an uncertain future because major issues like the future status of Kirkuk remain unsolved. A federal and democratic Iraq offers a rare opportunity for a peaceful settlement of the Kurdish question in Iraq – and for national reconciliation. While certain groups and currents in Iraq and the wider Arab world have to overcome the notion that federalism equals partition, the Kurds can only dispel fears about their drive for independence if they fully reintegrate into Iraq and show greater commitment to democratic reforms in the Kurdistan Region.

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