Democratic Representation in Plurinational States: The Kurds in Turkey

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This book examines modalities for the recognition and political participation of minorities in plurinational states in theory and in practice, with a specific reference to the Republic of Turkey and the resolution of the Kurdish question. Drawing on the experience of Spain and Eastern Europe and other recent novel models for minority accommodation, including the Ottoman experience of minority autonomy (the Millet System), the volume brings together researchers from Turkey and Europe more broadly to develop an ongoing dialogue that analytically examines various models for national minority accommodation. These models promise to protect the state’s integrity and provide governmental mechanisms that satisfy demands for collective representation of national communities in the framework of a plurinational state. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Introduction (Ephraim Nimni, Elçin Aktoprak)....Pages 1-7 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 Liberal Nation States and the Antinomies of Minority Representation: The Impact on the Republic of Turkey (Ephraim Nimni)....Pages 11-39 In Search of an Alternative Perspective on Minority Rights and Minority Group Formation: Re-politicizing Non-territorial Autonomy (Ahmet Murat Aytaç, Zafer Yılmaz)....Pages 41-57 Addressing the Kurdish Self-Determination Conflict: Democratic Autonomy and Authoritarianism in Turkey (Naif Bezwan)....Pages 59-82 Front Matter ....Pages 83-83 National Cultural Autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and Possibilities (Federica Prina, David J. Smith, Judit Molnar Sansum)....Pages 85-111 A Nation-State or a Multinational State? National Conceptions, Minorities and Self-Determination in Spain (Lucía Payero-López)....Pages 113-134 Front Matter ....Pages 135-135 Between Authoritarianism and Peace: The Kurdish Opening in Turkey (2013–2015) (Elçin Aktoprak)....Pages 137-158 Kurdish Movement’s Democratic Autonomy Proposals in Turkey (Cengiz Gunes, Çetin Gürer)....Pages 159-175 The Judiciary in Autonomy Arrangements: Lessons for the Kurdish Case (Derya Bayır)....Pages 177-209 Rethinking Democracy and Autonomy Through the Case of Kurdish Movement (Dilan Okçuoğlu)....Pages 211-227 Militancy, Reconciliation, Motherhood: A History of Kurdish Women’s Movements (Bahar Şimşek)....Pages 229-251 Back Matter ....Pages 253-255