Re-assessing the Genocide of Kurdish Alevis in Dersim, 1937-38

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ID12967243
AuthorsDilşa Deniz (0000-0002-1577-2551, University of California System, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume14
Issue2
Pages20-43
Publication date2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGenocide Studies and Prevention (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1911-0359 • E-ISSN: 1911-9933
PublisherInternational Association of Genocide Scholars (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5038/1911-9933.14.2.1728
OpenAlexW3084361223
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited3

This article discusses a century-long denial of historic genocide targeting Kurdish Alevis in Turkey. Firstly, I argue that the state-sponsored killings and forced displacements that occurred in Dersim in 1937-38 constitute genocide. Secondly, I use census numbers and other available documentation to suggest a possible figure for the causalities, while pointing out the methods by which the state has tried to cover up these numbers, indicating state planning and preparation. Finally, I show that as a part of the continued denial of such genocide, Turkish leftist organizations have been manipulated by the state, and thus have ended up supporting much of the same rhetoric as the right nationalist Turkish state

Attributive · Denial · Genocide · Linguistics · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · State (computer science · Turkish · Computer Science · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Turkey's Politics and Society

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