| Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State: Evolving Identities, Competing Loyalties, and Shifting Boundaries Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ozoglu, Hakan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791459942 ISBN-13: 9780791459942 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Examines early Kurdish nationalism within the context of the demise of the Ottoman Empire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism |
| Dewey: 320.540 |
| LCCN: 2003045674 |
| Series: Suny Middle Eastern Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.36" W x 9" (0.63 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kurdish nationalism remains one of the most critical and explosive problems of the Middle East. Despite its importance, the topic remains on the margins of Middle East Studies. Bringing the study of Kurdish nationalism into the mainstream of Middle East scholarship, Hakan zog lu examines the issue in the context of the Ottoman Empire. Using a wealth of primary sources, including Ottoman and British archives, Ottoman Parliamentary minutes, memoirs, and interviews, he focuses on revealing the social, political, and historical forces behind the emergence and development of Kurdish nationalism. Contrary to the assumption that nationalist movements contribute to the collapse of empires, the book argues that Kurdish leaders remained loyal to the Ottoman state, and only after it became certain that the empire would not recover did Kurdish nationalism emerge and clash with the Kemalist brand of Turkish nationalism. |