THE THREE STAGES OF THE DISPERSION OF THE KURDISH POPULATION INTO ANATOLIA IN THE POST-WORLD WAR II ERA Cele trei etape ale dispersării populației kurde în Anatolia în epoca de după cel de-al Doilea Război Mondial

Alptekin M. Y.

Codrul Cosminului, cilt.30, sa.1, ss.187-206, 2024 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4316/cc.2024.01.09
  • Dergi Adı: Codrul Cosminului
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.187-206
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Dispersion of Kurdish Population, Kurds, Middle East, Post-World War II Era, Turkey
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Kurds are a Middle Eastern people dispersed across four countries, i.e. Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. The purpose of this study is to examine the external reasons for the dispersion of the Kurdish population throughout Turkey after World War II. Until the end of World War II, Kurds in Turkey largely lived together in specific regions of the country. According to the claim of this study, Kurds in Turkey have been forced to disperse throughout the country beyond natural population growth and internal factors due to several external reasons over the past millennium. The first reason is the push factor and domino effect created by autocratic regimes in the Middle East, with Turkey attracting this population as a relatively safe country. The second reason is the PKK terrorism recognized as a terrorist organization by many states, including the United Nations and the United States. The third reason is the rapid urbanization trend in Turkey.