"Prospective-Turks" or "Pseudo-Citizens:" Kurds in Turkey

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2009-09-01

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Yegen, Mesut

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This article explores the public images and citizenship status of Turkish-citizen Kurds in Turkey Kurds in Turkey mostly have been seen as prospective-Turks and accordingly have been subject to the assimilationist practices of citizenship throughout the Republican period. However; recent signs suggest that this image and status of the Kurds are not as secure as they once were. Kurds are now perceived by many as pseudo-citizens. A historical reading of citizenship practices it? Turkey indicates that this change in the Kurds' image may be accompanied by a change in their citizenship status and that they may now be subject to the discriminatory practices of Citizenship. The article concludes with an argument as to why such a fundamental change has taken place in the images and status of Kurds in Turkey.

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Area Studies

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63707

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MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL

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https://doi.org/10.3751/63.4.14

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Department of Sociology, Article

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M. Yegen, ““Prospective-Turks” or “Pseudo-Citizens:” Kurds in Turkey,” MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL, pp. 597–615, 2009, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63707.