The Commentaries – Volume 3, 2023

Edited by Joost Jongerden 
Published: 27 December 2023 [Mediterranean Politics Series: 7]

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The Commentaries is a journal that publishes analysis, evaluations and assessments of contemporary developments in Turkey, Turkey’s role in the MENA region, and Turkey-EU relations. It does so for a broad audience of scholars, policy-makers, professionals and students. The aim of The Commentaries is to draw attention to current advances, discuss policies and practices, and to stimulate critical discussion and theoretical reflection. The Commentaries is an initiative of the European Union Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC).

CONTENTS

• Rightful Recognition of Kurdistan as a Colony and De-colonizing Knowledge Production

  Ozlem Goner

• The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict on the Middle East: The Role of Turkey

  Seevan Saeed

• The Netherlands and the prosecution and trial of Islamic State suspects in Rojava

  Joost Jongerden

• Chronology of the PKK: From group formation to party (1973–1980)

  Joost Jongerden

• The governance structure of Turkish-controlled Afrin

  Alexander McKeever

• Analysing the PKK’s Rebel Governance: Data Limitations and Some Potential Solutions

  Francis O’Connor, Kamuran Akin

• Colonial continuities in the Kurdish liberation

  Jan Yasin Sunca

• The Implications of Turkish Interventions in Rojava for US and EU Foreign Policies

  Veysi Dag

• Urban Destruction and Redevelopment as Counterinsurgency: The Void, The Limbo and New Face of Sur

  Arjin Tas

• Dynamics of Communal Violence in the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict

  Imren Borsuk

• Kurdistan under new attacks

  Terry Saltsman, Michael Gunter

ABOUT THE EDITORS:

Joost Jongerden (PhD) is an Associate Professor at Rural Sociology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands and project professor at the Asian Platform for Global Sustainability and Transcultural Studies at Kyoto University, Japan. Broadly, his research covers the field of ‘Do-It-Yourself Development’ or the possibilities and potentials of alternative futures grounded in daily practices and present struggles. His main geographic focus is Turkey, Kurdistan and the Middle East. A list of publications is available at https://joostjongerden.academia.edu/research

PRODUCT DETAILS:

ISBN: 978-1-80135-246-8 (Print)
Publisher: Transnational Press London
Published: 27 December 2023
Language: English
Pages: 198
Binding: Paperback
Interior Ink: Black & white
Weight (approx.): 0.3 kg
Dimensions (approx.): 15cm wide x 23cm tall