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The Political Psychology of Kurds in Turkey

Critical Perspectives on Identity, Narratives, and Resistance

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Editors:
  1. Ercan Şen

    1. Ankara, Türkiye

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  2. Elif Sandal Önal

    1. Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

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  3. Mete Sefa Uysal

    1. Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena

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  4. Yasemin Gülsüm Acar

    1. University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK

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  • Looks at Kurdish identity and society from a political psychological perspective
  • Draws from different fields of social and psychology, sociology and political science
  • Sheds light on research methodologies surrounding this highly sensitive topic

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology (PSPP)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Ercan Şen, Elif Sandal-Önal, Mete Sefa Uysal, Yasemin Gülsüm Acar
    Pages 1-6

  3. An Overview of the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Narratives and Their Effects on Intergroup Relations

    • Özden Melis Uluğ
    Pages 7-28

  4. Understanding the Implications of Victimhood Identity in Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict

    • Nisan Alici
    Pages 29-51

  5. Collective Identity in Kurds: From Collective Memory of Rights Violations to Rights Consciousness

    • Pelin Karakuş-Akalın, Melek Göregenli, Mehmet Karasu
    Pages 53-75

  6. Oath to Death: An Analysis of Sait Kırmızıtoprak’s Contested Memory

    • Zeynep Küçük, Bülent Küçük, Deniz Çağtay Yılmaz
    Pages 77-102

  7. The Other of the Other: Syrian Refugees from the Perspective of Kurdish Minority in Turkey

    • Yasin Duman
    Pages 103-128

  8. From Collective Action to Collective Resistance: Working with the Saturday Mothers

    • Orhan Kaya, Yasemin Gülsüm Acar
    Pages 129-143

  9. Reflexivity and Positionality in Qualitative Research: On Being an Outsider in the Field

    • Gülay Türkmen
    Pages 145-166

  10. How Did ‘Turkish’ Psychology Become the Mainstream? A Discourse Analysis on the Trajectory of Its Colonial Legacy

    • Aydın Bayad, Ercan Şen
    Pages 167-194

  11. Conclusion

    • Ercan Şen, Elif Sandal-Önal, Mete Sefa Uysal, Yasemin Gülsüm Acar
    Pages 195-196

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 197-199
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About this book

Research into Kurdishness touches on many of the important global issues within contemporary social and political psychology - questions about the rigors of methodology, the importance of reflexivity, issues of replicability, and the role of decolonization in research on actors in intractable conflicts. This volume will provide an in-depth account of historical and contemporary research on Kurdishness in Turkey, including research on social identity, conflict and conflict resolution, as well as collective action and resistance. It will also address methodological issues, including fieldwork in conflict zones, reflexivity in research, and intersectionality. This volume also provides lessons from related disciplines such as Kurdish studies and sociology to provide political psychologists some insight into their own research practices from disciplines wherein questions of intersectionality and reflexivity have long been ongoing.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ankara, Türkiye

    Ercan Şen

  • Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

    Elif Sandal Önal

  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena

    Mete Sefa Uysal

  • University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK

    Yasemin Gülsüm Acar

About the editors

Ercan Şen is an independent researcher. His research interests include intergroup processes, social identity, social power and peace and conflict studies. He was dismissed from Ankara University by decree law due to a declaration to the government to end oppressive tactics violating Turkish and international law against settlements in Turkish Kurdistan.

Elif Sandal Önal is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG) at Bielefeld University, Germany. She works on projects focusing on the politics of uncertainty, transnational political influences, citizenship, and the war in Ukraine. Her research interests are uncertainty, power politics, polarization, social representations of peace, citizenship, and diasporic identities.

Mete Sefa Uysal is a lecturer in the Department of Social Psychology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sussex. He was awarded the British Academy Newton International Fellowship in 2022. His research focuses on collective action, violence, leadership, identity, populism, culture, and intergroup relations.

Yasemin Gülsüm Acar is a lecturer in the division of psychology at the University of

Dundee. Yasemin’s research interests include collective action, social identity, and intergroup conflict. She has published work in various formats on the consequences of collective action and perceptions of the Kurdish-Turkish Peace Process in Turkey.



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