From “Criminal Citizens” to “Traitors”: The last of the Kurdish Bandits in Modern Turkey, 1950–1970

dc.contributor.authorÖzcan, Ahmet
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-27T10:30:39Z
dc.date.available2024-11-27T10:30:39Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentFakülteler, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü
dc.description.abstractThe mass banditry that emerged in Turkey's Kurdish regions between 1950 and 1970 was labelled a "national problem" in state discourse. Banditry and bandits were thus an integral part of the Turkish nation-state building process and the politico-moral economy of the region. Turkish state policies with regard to banditry, after the transformation of bandits from "criminal citizens" into "traitors" in state discourse, culminated in massive military operations to disarm and suppress the peoples of these regions. This last period of Kurdish banditry, the result of the destabilization of traditional Kurdish society, was a source of political contention between the state elite and Kurdish communities.
dc.description.abstractLe banditisme de masse qui a émergé dans les régions kurdes de la Turquie entre 1950 et 1970 a été qualifié de « problème national » dans le discours de l'État. Par conséquent, ce phénomène et les bandits faisaient partie intégrante du processus de construction de l'État-nation turc et de l'économie politico-morale de la région. Les politiques de l'État en matière de brigandage, après avoir fait passer les bandits du statut de « citoyens criminels » à celui de « traîtres » dans son discours, ont culminé avec des opérations militaires de grande envergure visant à désarmer et à opprimer les populations de ces régions. Cette dernière période de brigandage, résultat de la déstabilisation de la société kurde traditionnelle, a été une source de contentieux politique entre l'élite étatique et les communautés kurdes.
dc.identifier.doi10.1353/his.2024.a928518
dc.identifier.endpage47
dc.identifier.issn0018-2257
dc.identifier.issue117
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85201532903
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage23
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1353/his.2024.a928518
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11501/1558
dc.identifier.volume57
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001265248200002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.institutionauthorÖzcan, Ahmet
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0001-9958-1746
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Toronto Press
dc.relation.ispartofHistoire Sociale
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectCriminal Citizens
dc.subjectTraitors
dc.subjectModern Turkey
dc.titleFrom “Criminal Citizens” to “Traitors”: The last of the Kurdish Bandits in Modern Turkey, 1950–1970
dc.typeReview Article

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