From Kawa the Blacksmith to Ishtar the Goddess: Gender Constructions in Ideological-Political Discourses of the Kurdish Movement in post-1980 Turkey

The Kurdish movement in post-1980 Turkey successfully mobilized Kurdish women. Themes related to gender equality have gained importance especially in late 1990s, when Kurdish women started to participate actively in the Kurdish movement. In the same period, the mythological sources of Kurdishness as...

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Main Author: Handan Çağlayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient 2013-01-01
Series:European Journal of Turkish Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/4657