The ideological and historical roots of the Kurdist movements in Turkey: Ethnicity, Demography, and Politics

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 473-504

  Laciner, Sedat ^a   Bal, Ihsan ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Institute of Forensic Sciences   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; NATION STATE; NATIONALISM; SEPARATISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 10344230970     PISSN: 13537113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537110490518282     Document Type: Review

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