Can a Kurd be a Turk? Clashing National Identities in Anatolia

DOI

10.2991/mmetss-18.2018.110How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Nationalism, secularization,assimilation, Mustafa Kemal

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the clash of national identities between Kurds and Turks. Essentially, the author argues that, in this enduring clash of the national identities, the official Turkish nationalist policies separated the Kurds from Turkey ideologically, culturally and politically and even destroyed the Kurdish aspirations of autonomy. These very same policies that were supposed to create unity and assimilation have instead caused discord, strife and resentment, which offers a profound challenge to Turkish national identity.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shengpeng Shi
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - Can a Kurd be a Turk? Clashing National Identities in Anatolia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 3rd International Conference on Modern Management, Education Technology, and Social Science (MMETSS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 523
EP  - 527
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/mmetss-18.2018.110
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