Can a Kurd be a Turk? Clashing National Identities in Anatolia

摘要

This paper aims to explore the clash of national identities between Kurds and Turks. Essentially, the author argues that, in this enduring clash of the national identities, the official Turkish nationalist policies separated the Kurds from Turkey ideologically, culturally and politically and even destroyed the Kurdish aspirations of autonomy. These very same policies that were supposed to create unity and assimilation have instead caused discord, strife and resentment, which offers a profound challenge to Turkish national identity.