This article critically examines the role of Islamist state discourse and policies in Kurdish region Turkey. Academic works on Islamism often address settings where movements political parties operate as anti-colonial oppositional entities. However, this discusses how ideology has become an instrument governmentality to maintain legitimize colonial rule Turkey under Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice Development Party, AKP). After contextualizing issue internal colonization process since...

This article examines the incomplete transformation of Kurdish Hizbullah from an illegal underground organization to a social and political movement influent in Turkey. The contextualizes Hizbullah’s within broader developments after 2000s. After critical evaluation reconfiguration sphere Turkey, critically addresses conversion civil society. It analyses strategies reorganization mobilization through associations, activism public celebrations under AKP rule. While acknowledging impact this...

This special issue is one of the most exciting products 8-year-long conversations with critical-minded friends and colleagues.The have begun reading group that Dr. Sehlikoglu has hosted at Pembroke College, University Cambridge.In 'Is Critique Islamic?' (2017-2020), we visited classical Muslim scholars polymaths from theology, philosophy sciences to understand how concepts related power, authority, critique resistance were understood by some acclaimed ranging Al-Ghazali Ibn Khaldun,...

This special-issue introduction highlights the burgeoning movement toward decolonizing Kurdish studies, outlining its challenges and opportunities within academic landscape. Central to authors’ discussion is concept of coloniality power, which offers a framework for understanding enduring oppression faced by Kurds context ongoing colonial domination in Middle East. The delves into themes historical erasure marginalization, shedding light on struggle recognition not only national regional...

The Kurds, as the world's largest stateless nation, are subjected to extreme violence, discrimination, hostility, and racism in contemporary Turkey. I formulate this around concept of Turkish supremacy explain how is historically rooted, institutionally reinforced, socially reproduced racist habitus Kurdophobia integral supremacy, which needs invoke against Kurds sustain its position.

Antik çağda kuzeyden Lykaonia ve Toros dağları doğudan Kilikia, batıdan ise Pamphylia ile çevrilmiş sahalar Isauria, halkı da Isaurialılar olarak adlandırılmıştır. Arazi yapısı açısından oldukça engebeli bir görünüm sergileyen bölgenin çok az bölümü tarımsal faaliyetler için uygun şartlara sahiptir. Bölge, bütün eskiçağ boyunca ama özellikle de Roma döneminde sayıda haydutluk faaliyetine sahne olmuş isyanlar görülmüştür. Isauria'nın tanımlanan bu durumunun en somut örneğini MS 4. yüzyılda...

In this article, I explore the role of religious discourses and practices in diasporic Kurdish-Turkish conflict investigate ways which presentations political has been disseminated reproduced via Turkish mosques located Europe United States. Through extended ethnographic research, examine imagination theology exclusion Kurds from imagined transnational Muslim ummah for Islamist discourse promotes state as flag-bearer. demonstrate that existence Kurds, by virtue their imaginary worldview,...

Abstract This article explores the complex and intersectional identities positionalities of Kurdish Islamist women activists in Turkey context heightened violence tensions linked to ongoing Turkish-Kurdish conflict. While both female wider region have been subject in-depth research over past decade, largely overlooked literature. The focuses on relationship between ethnicity religion understanding women’s mobilization, political views, perceptions gender norms relations, self-ascribed...

This article investigates trajectories and sociopolitical drivers of youth radicalization in Turkey the context Syrian war Kurdish national struggle. It proposes a conceptual framework (radical habitus) to better understand contemporary phenomena. Drawing on 18 months ethnographic research, conducted between 2015 2018 Turkish-Syrian border cities, Istanbul, refugee camp Greece, I offer an anthropological intervention study radicalization. Radicalization scholarship is often concerned with...

This article examines the intricacies involved in process of decolonizing education. It draws on author's first-hand teaching experiences and observations as an activist scholar a critical pedagogue at Bingöl University Turkey from 2013 to 2016, during period marked by intense political tension between security forces Kurdish insurgencies. elucidates transformative pedagogical endeavor aimed education, with particular focus students who endure colonial domination oppression. Grounded...

Background:Turkish-origin immigrants constitute one of the biggest migration groups in Germany where they exhibit higher levels social disadvantage when compared to majority population. Research has elucidated underlying mechanisms by which is biologically embedded impact health over lifespan. However, relatively little known about how its effects are transmitted across generations. Aims study: To elucidate maternal status and socioeconomic on stress-related maternal-placental-foetal...

Astra, bir Isauria yerleşimi olup Konya iline bağlı Hadim ilçesinin yaklaşık 7 km kuzeybatısında Bolat yaylasında bulunan Temaşalık kalıntılar sahasına lokalize edilmektedir. Isauria’nın başkenti Isaura’ya (Zengibar Kalesi) büyük kome (köy) olduğu anlaşılan Astra’dan çok sayıda yazıt yayımlanmıştır. MS 1.-3. yüzyıllara tarihlendirilen söz konusu yazıtlar, Astra’nın zengin kırsal yerleşim olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Astra yazıtları, Isauria’daki Roma dağ köyünde rahiplerin dini ve idari...