The Kurdish issue: can the Ak Party escape securitization?
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2008-06-01
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SETA Foundation
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The Kurdish question has been a source of domestic conflict since the inception of the Turkish Republic. It has been one of the mostly securitized issues in domestic politics. Despite the continuation of the securitizing agenda, and years of denial by the state, in the mid-1990s alternative discourses on the cultural rights of the Kurds started to emerge. The AK Party government departed from previous attitudes by repeatedly emphasizing the Kurds' right to express their culture and identity. 'I his article analyzes the developments regarding the Kurdish issue during the AK Party government and asks whether they can be seen as a desecuritization process. 'I he article argues that although there are significant signs of desecuritization, 'Turkey continues to swing between forces, agendas, and actors of securitization and desecuritization when it comes to the Kurdish issue.
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10
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Karakaya Polat, R. (2008). The Kurdish issue: can the Ak Party escape securitization?. Insight Turkey, 10(3), 75-86.
