Kurds of Modern Turkey: Migration, Neoliberalism and Exclusion in Turkish Society
Cenk Saraçoglu, "Kurds of Modern Turkey: Migration, Neoliberalism and Exclusion in Turkish Society"
Ta uris | 2010 | ISBN: 1848854684 | 256 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB
Ta uris | 2010 | ISBN: 1848854684 | 256 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB
The role of the Kurds in Turkey has long been a controversial issue, although discussion has generally been focused around the political and cultural rights and activities of the Kurds. This book aims to bring a new approach to this contentious subject by shifting attention to the changing popular image of the Kurds in Turkish cities. It focuses particularly on the ways in which the middle-class in Turkish cities develop an exclusionary discourse against the Kurds. Cenk Saraçoglu investigates the social origins of such a perception by bringing into focus how neoliberal economic policies and Kurdish migration have transformed urban life in Turkey.