Kurdish women in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict – perceptions, experiences, and strategies

Bibliographic Data

ID10280928
AuthorsMarco Nilsson (0000-0002-1240-4323, Jönköping University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume54
Issue4
Pages638-651
Publication date2018-03-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00263206.2018.1443916
OpenAlexW2790003522
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This study analyzes how Kurdish women experience the violence and other consequences of the armed conflict raging between the PKK and the Turkish state. Interviews conducted in Istanbul, Ankara, and Diyarbakir suggest that Kurdish women experience the conflict both as members of an oppressed minority and as women. The study first focuses on identifying sources of conflict related stress that are specific to women, such as the need to be silent to protect their families, and then analyzes the strategies that Kurdish women use to deal with this stress as women, including networking and education

Armed conflict · Perception · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Turkish · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Psychology · Social Psychology · Turkey's Politics and Society

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