The political economy of the Kurds of Turkey: from the Ottoman empire to the Turkish republic
2018; Oxford University Press; Volume: 94; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/ia/iiy164
ISSN1468-2346
Autores Tópico(s)Turkey's Politics and Society
ResumoVeli Yardigi's book is part of the body of work examining change and continuity between the Ottoman empire and the Turkish republic. The book adds a new angle to the research done on Ankara's attitude to Kurdish minority rights. It draws on Erik-Jan Zürcher's Turkey (London: Tauris, 1993; reviewed in International Affairs 70: 2, April 1994), Şevket Pamuk's The Ottoman empire and European capitalism, 1820–1913 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987) and David McDowall's A modern history of the Kurds (London: Tauris, 1996; reviewed in International Affairs 72: 4, October 1996). The political economy of the Kurds of Turkey provides an overview of the economic history of the predominantly Kurdish provinces of east and south-east Anatolia from 1514—when the Ottoman empire annexed these provinces from the Safavids—to the 2010s. It touches on the provinces' income levels, social structures, agriculture and commerce. Sadly, the economic and political issues faced by Kurds who have emigrated from this region fall outside the book's scope.
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