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How does the desire for Kurdish self-determination impact the Middle East

This paper examines the relationships between Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, in the contemporary Middle East in light of the relationships to these states' Kurdish populations. It includes a discussion regarding the political units of the Kurds through their political parties and militant wings, as well as entities such as Rojava or Iraqi Kurdistan that have been formed out of wars for self-determination.

An Historical Overview to the Kurdish Problem

Journal of Political Studies, 2013

This article presents an overview of the history the largest nation in the world without its own independent state. nationalist aspirations of an approximately 30 million Kurds living within the borders of Turkey, iran, iraq, and Syria remain a factor of instability in the geostrategically important Middle East, especially due to the fact that Kurds inhabit areas with strategically important resources. The desire of many Kurds for statehood, or at least cultural autonomy, has led to an almost continuous series of Kurdish revolts since the creation of the modern Middle East state system following World War i. The Kurdish problem refers to the fear of the states in which the Kurds live that Kurdish demands will threaten and even destroy their territorial integrity, even though, as the author points out, the Kurds themselves are notoriously divided geographically, politically, linguistically, and tribally. The article is divided into parts, which are devoted to the origin of the Kurdish nation, as well as the history and the current situation of Kurds in Turkey, iraq, iran, Syria, and Europe (the European diaspora).

Rise of Kurdistan in Middle East

The borders of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey divide the Kurdish people, the biggest ethnic group without a nation state. This paper seeks to shed light on which the Kurds are, the territory they claim being a part of their right, and more on the status of their struggle for nationhood, an independent Kurdistan with its main focus on ‘Iraqi Kurdistan’. It also establishes the relationship with the nation-states in which they (Kurds) live. The study also explores the challenges, and resolutions, of and by the Kurds.

A Stateless Nation: why the Kurds still do not have a State

2023

This study is discussing the Kurds' question as to the most important and complex issue after the Arab-Israeli conflict and the most complicated one in contemporary times, particularly, in the failure of these people to make their own country in the New Middle East. Also, it is discussing some various difficulties faced by Kurdish nationalism, due to the fact that the Kurds are geographically distributed in four countries in the Middle East such as; Iran; Iraq; Syria, and Turkey. Therefore, this study attempts to explore the causes and objectives of the Kurds in establishing a sovereign state, and why they face obstacles in achieving this, especially in light of the escalation of their resonance in the political agendas of the countries of the region and international actors.

Twenty-First Century Progress - the Nationalistic Movements of the Kurds Towards Independence

2014

Ethno-nationalism is nationalism connected to ethnicity. Nationalism can be based on geographical boundaries, or a community. An ethno-nationalism is based on connecting a community to their common origins as one ethnic group, and includes a common language, race, faith and cultural inheritance. Ethnicity combines tribe, occupation, ideology, class and region. An inclination towards tribal supremacy is a classic feature of ethno-nationalism. Twenty-first century nationalisms and ethno-nationalisms are present in many continents. One political movement in the Middle East is Kurdish nationalism, a nation deserving of a sovereign homeland and the largest ethnic stateless group. This could be why though many Kurdish national parties’ agenda is bringing forth a land of Kurds -Kurdistan -tribal thinking, and internal squabbles are limiting factors. This article explores political aspects of Kurds for autonomy in the twenty-first century.

KURDS AND NATION-STATE: THE RIGHT Of SELf-DETERMINATION AND THE POSITION Of THE KURDS

In the certain stages of the history, Kurds have been deprived from the right of self-determination, and oppressed by the different nations. The problematic case of the Kurds with the concepts of " nation " , " nationalism " , and " nation-state " has been discussed and studied by many Kurdish and non-Kurdish scholars, political activists and parties. Their current situation created a new base and the new arguments of the concept of the Kurdish nation-state. That is why this paper is aimed to analyze the Kurds in the frameworks of " nation " , " nationalism " , and " nation-state " , their historical and present circumstances in the territories in which they lived and they live, the emergence of nationalist idea and the movements among them. Finally, the paper enlightens the situation of Kurdish people within the concept of " nation-state " based on the right of self-determination.

An Alternative to Nationalism The Kurdish movement in Turkey.docx

2018

This paper will analyse the Kurdish movement’s embracement of democratic confederalist ideology from a security perspective. The purpose of this study is to understand why the Kurdish movement turned from ethno-nationalism to an anti-statist ideology. I argue that the Kurdish movement embraced democratic confederalism in a bid to facilitate the de-securitization of the Kurdish issue. The Kurdish movement in Turkey was born as a nationalist, anti-colonialist independentist movement. The Turkish Government responded to the Kurdish issue by securitizing it and hence, considered only military responses to address its long-standing minority issue. However, in the 2000s, the Kurdish movement embraced democratic confederalism, an ideology that rejects nationalism and separatism, in favour of local self-government within existing state borders. Through this attempt to relocate the Kurdish issue from the security sphere to the ordinary political sphere, the Kurdish movement hoped to achieve a political settlement between the Turkish government and the Kurds.

The Kurdish Movement in the Arab World: The Syrian Kurds as a Case Study

AlMuntaqa, Published by: Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies, 2019

This study examines Kurdish discourse within the Arab World through the lens of the discourse of the Kurdish movement in Syria. This group was selected due to its organic relationship with the other Kurdish movements in the region, and because it is heavily influenced by the discourse of the Kurdish movements of neighboring countries, particularly Iraq. The author attempts to provide a comprehensive guide to the various Kurdish parties and divisions. In his analysis of Kurdish discourse, he focuses mainly on the demands and perceptions of the Kurdish issue in Syria throughout various periods of the history of the movement.