Under the banner of Islam : Turks, Kurds, and the limits of religious unity / Gülay Türkmen.
2021
DR435.K87 T8725 2021
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Title
Under the banner of Islam : Turks, Kurds, and the limits of religious unity / Gülay Türkmen.
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ISBN
9780197511848 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (204 pages).
Call Number
DR435.K87 T8725 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
956.1041
Summary
How do religious, ethnic, and national identities interact in religiously homogenous ethnic conflicts? Is it possible for religion to act as a resolution tool in such conflicts? Why? Why not? In search for answers to these questions, 'Under the Banner of Islam' focuses on the ambivalent role Sunni Islam has played in Turkey's Kurdish conflict - both as a conflict-resolution tool and as a tool of resistance - in the last two decades. Relying mainly on participant observation in Civil Friday Prayers and 62 interviews conducted in three different cities in Turkey (Istanbul and the majority - Kurdish Diyarbakir and Batman) between June 2012 and June 2013, it demonstrates that Sunni Islam has had a very limited impact as a conflict-resolution tool in Turkey.
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How do religious, ethnic, and national identities interact in religiously homogenous ethnic conflicts? Is it possible for religion to act as a resolution tool in such conflicts? Why? Why not? In search for answers to these questions, 'Under the Banner of Islam' focuses on the ambivalent role Sunni Islam has played in Turkey's Kurdish conflict - both as a conflict-resolution tool and as a tool of resistance - in the last two decades. Relying mainly on participant observation in Civil Friday Prayers and 62 interviews conducted in three different cities in Turkey (Istanbul and the majority - Kurdish Diyarbakir and Batman) between June 2012 and June 2013, it demonstrates that Sunni Islam has had a very limited impact as a conflict-resolution tool in Turkey.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 12, 2021).
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780197511817
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