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Di derbarê pênaseya dengbêjiyê û deşifrekirina kilaman de bi rehetî dikarim bibêjim ku amadekarên antolojiyê gotin ji me re nehiştine. Ji nû ve xwendin û dahûrandina kilaman, dikeve ser piyê me kesên xwedî qelem. Dibe ku ji bona girseyeke mezin kilamên dengbêjiyê tenê kilam/muzîk bin, lê em kesên xwedî qelem

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Dengbêjî yek ji wan stûnên herî xurt yê zargotina Kurdî ye. Dengbêj dema ku distirê ne tenê bi xweşiya dengê xwe, herwiha bi mijara kilama xwe bi teşbîh û metaforên zimanê xwe bûyeran ji nû ve di hişê guhdaran de vedijîne. Ev xal dengbêjiyê ji asta muzîkê derdixe û di

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…Di têgeha “dengbêj” de “deng”, di çarçoveya meqam, sewt û awazên dengbêjiyê de melodî, lorandin, xulxulandin û jenandin e. Bi maneyeke din, di nava Kurdan de li ser eşq, şer û mijarên din bûyer qewimîne, li gelek deveran ev bûyer hatine bihîstin, van bûyeran bandor li ser civakê hîştine û

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In this article, I discuss the radical gender equality reforms in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava, and how they have affected women’s lives since the implementation of the Women’s Law in 2014. Based on 40 in-depth interviews, eight group interviews, and participant

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The Mother, the Politician, and the Guerrilla intervenes in discussions on decolonialism and feminism by introducing the example of the Kurdish Women’s Freedom Movement. Üstündağ shows how the practices and the concepts of the movement contribute to debates on how the past, present, and future can be critically rethought in

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Oil reserves hold importance not just in the realm of economic profit, but also wield significant influence in political matters throughout contemporary history (Yergin, 2011). There are numerous connections between domestic oil production and international policy actions (Ashford, 2022). In fragile states, entities resembling state organizations can participate in local

Content Type: Theses
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This research explores the extent of the shift in the Turkish state’s discourse towards the Kurds’ language rights and the sources of resistance to their recognition under the successive AKP governments between 2003 and 2015. Examining this issue, I explore 1) the true nature of the Kurds’ language-related rights in

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This thesis explores the impact of the border between Turkey and Iraq on Kurdish identity. Since the demarcation of the border in 1926, both Turkey and Iraq have struggled to accommodate their Kurdish citizens into their common national communities. There have been numerous bloody conflicts on both sides. As of

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After the military defeat of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, the challenge of dealing with foreign IS fighters emerged, with many of them being held in detention facilities under the jurisdiction of the Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria. Yet, indecisiveness and unwillingness of the anti-IS

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Studies the making and unmaking of the Ottoman Empire’s Kurdish nobility Challenges a long-standing spatial-geographical bias in Ottoman-Middle East history by bringing Kurdish and Armenian histories back into the Ottoman imperial framework Presents the first study to use the framework of hereditary nobility to examine Kurdish elite formation and its