While Kurdish nationalism has never been as potent and far-reaching a force as it has currently been, and has never faced an Islamic challenge as it now does in the region, Kurdish politics in ...

The root cause of this Kurdish fragmentation is not political nor ideological. The problem is that Kurds don’t have a real sense of nationalism.

Kurdish Nationalism Resurfaces In Turkey Conflict: As Fighting Intensifies, Fresh Calls For Self-Rule By Michael Kaplan Published 01/01/16 AT 7:58 AM EST ...

Kurdish nationalism is a function of modern Middle Eastern state-building projects, and not the product of an inherent hatred of or difference with Arabs, Turks and Persians.

Ankara and the Kurdish nationalist movement, both allies of the US-NATO and both oriented towards the imperialist powers, are not opponents but parts of the deepening war in the Middle East.

Fascist Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahçeli welcomes the DEM Party delegation that met with Abdullah Öcalan. January 2, 2025, Ankara. [Photo: DEMGenelMerkezi/X] ...

By the mid-1970s, he was advocating for Kurdish nationalism and went on to found the PKK in 1978. Six years later, the group launched a separatist rebellion against Turkiye under his command.

In The Kurds and the State, derived from her University of Pennsylvania doctoral dissertation, political scientist [Denise] Natali explores how Kurdish nationalism developed in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq.

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Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces held a news conference in a symbolic public square, where they raised a giant banner of Abdullah Ocalan —the Kurdish nationalist leader jailed ...