The Kurds in Erdoğan’s Turkey

Investigates Kurdish political identity under the tightening rule of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey Examines Kurdish identity in the Republic of Turkey and inquires whether there is room for pluralism in Turkey’s political sphereIncorporates data gathered in the streets, bazaars and teahouses of Istanbul and Diyarbakır, the most important Kurdish-populated cities in TurkeyDocuments Kurds’ participation in electoral politics and traditions of civilian resistance within the context of