The dynamics of Töre as the ethos of tribe in Kızıltepe

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This study aims to find out the structure, logic and meaning patterns of the concept of töre as the ethos, that is all social practices, of the Kurdish tribal formation and which, up until now, has been studied in the framework of honour killings (namus cinayetleri) debates rather than a distinct issue in academia. By this way it is aimed to redefine the concept at theoretical and empirical levels. In this study, first of all, the concept of tribe is tackling and it is questioning that what tribe means today as a social and political structure; and searching for the essential tension between the state and tribe due to their perception of sovereignty. In addition to this, it is intended to introduce how töre operates in the resolution of everyday disputes of a tribe member. It is aimed to analyze how to articulate and/or dislocate of modern state law and töre which based on tribal resolution mechanisms over intra tribal and inter tribal disputes. For this purpose, I conducted a field research with the help of informal interview and participant observation techniques within Kurdish tribes in Mardin, Kızıltepe.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19137

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Ö. Güneş, “The dynamics of Töre as the ethos of tribe in Kızıltepe,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2009.