What was the ‘Kurdish opening’ all about? A qualitative text analysis of parliamentary group speeches in Turkey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6256337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Berna Öney (0000-0002-1014-6172, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg), Torsten J Selck (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 771-791 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnicities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-7968 • E-ISSN: 1741-2706 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1468796817700934 |
| OpenAlex | W2603600055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
This study explores the use of four discourses – socio-economic, relative deprivation, pro-Islamist and terrorism oriented – used by political parties in Turkey to address the Kurdish issue and the resulting political party strategies during the Kurdish opening in Turkey. Although the factors that influence the Kurdish issue have drawn attention, no research has analysed Turkish political parties’ perspectives on the Kurdish issue in primary political documents. By examining 188 parliamentary group speeches delivered during the Kurdish opening process with qualitative text analysis, this study reveals that the mainstream parties in the Turkish Parliament employ socio-economic, relative deprivation and regional terrorism approaches, while the ethnic parties use either regional terrorism and pro-Islamist approaches or the relative deprivation approach. Due to the overlap in their discourses, the mainstream parties have developed a new strategy: compartmentalization of the ethnic issue by creating sub-ethnic categories. This research contributes to revealing political parties’ approaches to the Kurdish question and their strategies for mobilizing the ethnic median voter
Compartmentalization (fire protection · Ethnic group · General election · Mainstream · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Relative deprivation · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Turkish · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Turkey's Politics and Society
Content analysis
The Kurdish Nationalist Movement
The Content Analysis Guidebook
Mapping Policy Preferences
The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey
Elimination or Integration of Pro‐Kurdish Politics
The Kurdish Question and Turkey's Justice and Development Party
Reopening turkey's closed kurdish opening
The PKK Problem
An inquiry into the linkage among nationalizing policies, democratization, and ethno-nationalist conflict
Turkey's New Kurdish Opening
The Turkish state discourse and the exclusion of Kurdish identity
Nation–states and ethnic boundaries
What is an ethnic party
Exploring the roots and dynamics of Kurdish ethno‐nationalism in Turkey
The Kurdish Question in Turkey
Turkey Under the AKP
Resurgence and Remaking of Identity
Kurdish nationalism from an Islamist perspective
The Conflict Resolution and Counterterrorism Dilemma
A spatial analysis of Turkish party preferences
The ethnic question in an environment of insecurity
Curbing Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey
Turkish nationalism and the Kurdish question
Understanding Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |