Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in TurkeyThousands of Kurdish politician-activists have been prosecuted and imprisoned, and hundreds have been murdered for espousing Kurdish political and cultural rights over the past twenty years. The risks are high, yet Pro-Kurdish political parties have made significant gains, as resources afforded by the political system have allowed them to challenge state rhetoric and policies to exercise power at the municipal level, which has helped legitimize and advance the pro-Kurdish movement. Activists in Office examines how these parties, while sharing many of the goals expressed by armed Kurdish groups, are using the legal political system to promote their highly contentious Kurdish national agenda in the face of a violent, repressive state. |
Contents
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Conditions of Kurdish Electoral Mobilization | 26 |
The Institutional Trajectory of Turkeys First ProKurdish Party | 51 |
3 Resources of the System | 75 |
Obstructing Access to Resources | 94 |
5 Producing Competing Truths | 122 |