Kurds in Dark Times

Ayca Alemdaroglu is a research scholar and associate director of the Program on Turkey at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. Fatma Muege Goecek is professor of sociology and women's studies at the University of Michigan.

The book includes voices from a new generation of scholars in the emergent field of Kurdish studies.-- "Esra OEzyuerek, University of Cambridge" In dark times, light is an imperative. This tome is a wonderful collection illuminating the Kurdish situation in Turkey. Their current suffering has a long history and, in examining this history, the various authors address things such as Turkishness as whiteness, the racialization of Kurds and Armenians, women as central actors in the Kurdish resistance, the prolonged history of the Kurds in what we call today Turkey, and much more. Alemdaroglu and Goecek have produced an enormously important book that will be of interest to students of race, ethnic, and nationalist matters.-- "Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University" A hugely important contribution to shedding light on the structural violence, everyday violence, and political violence against Kurds in Turkey; a preciously collective effort of scholars across generations to think and stand against the 'evil' and 'dark times' of totalitarianism. This book is timely and urgent, thoughtful and compelling.-- "Zerrin OEzlem Biner, University of Kent" An admirable set of essays on what it means to live as Kurdish women and men in today's Turkey, documenting the many forms of everyday oppression and resistance. Unlike much of the recent writing on the Kurds, the authors consistently and convincingly present the view from below; they deserve credit for their committed scholarship. -- "Martin van Bruinessen, professor emeritus, Utrecht University"