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The author examines the current populist, charismatic, but divisive president of Turkey and arguably the most consequential Turkish leader since Kemal Ataturk--was again reelected in May 2023 despite so many negative factors working against him such as a terribly faltering economy, deadly earthquake, and authoritarian reputation, among others.

Part 1. Kurdish studies. Kurdish studies in the United States / Michael M. Gunter ; Kurdish studies in Europe / Vera Eccarius-Kelly -- Part 2. Early Kurdish history. The Kurdish Emirates ; obstacles or precursors to Kurdish nationalism? / Michael Eppel ; An overview of Kurdistan of the 19th century / Hamit Bozarslan ; The development of the Kurdish national movement in Turkey from Mahmud II to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Serdar Akturk -- Kurdish culture. Ehmede Khani's Mem u zin : the consecration of a Kurdish national epic / Michiel Leezenberg -- Classical and modern Kurdish literature / Hashem Ahmadzadeh ; Calibrating Kurmanji and Sorani : proposal for a methodology / Michael L. Chyet ; Kurdish cinema / Bahar Simsek -- Economic dimensions. The oil imperative inthe KRG / David Romano ; De-development in eastern and southeastern Anatolia / Veli Yadirgi -- Part 5. Religion. Islam and the Kurds / Mehmet Gurses ; The inadequate Islamic grappling with the Kurdish issue / Christopher Houston ; The Jewish communities in Kurdistan within the tribal Kurdish society / Mordechai Zaken ; Yezidi baptism and rebaptism : resilience, reintegration, and religious adaptation / Tyler Fisher and Nahro Zagros -- Part 6. Geography and travel. The geopolitics of the Kurds since the first World War : between Iraq and other hard places / Michael B. Bishku ; Roaming Iraqi Kurdistan / Stafford Clarry -- Part 7. Women. Kurdish women / Anna Grabole-Celiker -- Part 8. The Kurdish situation in Turkey. The rise of the pro-Kurdish democratic movement in Turkey / Cengiz Gunes ; The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Kurdish political parties in the 1970s / Joost Jongerden and Ahmet Hamdi Akkaya ; Turkey's Kurdish complexes and Its Syrian quagmire / Bill Park -- Part 9. The Kurdish situation in Iraq. The State We're in: Post-Colonial Sequestration and the Kurdish Quest for Independence since the First World War / Francis Owtram ; The disputed territories of Northern Iraq : ISIS and beyond / Liam Anderson ; The continuing problem of KRG corruption / Michael Rubin ; The Russian historical and political approach towards non-conventional independence of Iraqi Kurdistan / Kirill V. Vertyaev -- Part 10. The Kurdish situation in Syria. The Kurdish PYD and the Syrian Civil War / Eva Savelsberg ; The Evolution of the Kurdish struggle in Syria : between pan-Kurdism and Syrianization, 1920-2016 / Jordi Tejel ; The roots of democratic autonomy in Northern Syria / Rojava Michael Knapp -- PART 11. Iran. Iran and the Kurds / Nader Entessar -- Part 12. The Kurdish diaspora. The future of the Kurdish diaspora / Osten Wahlbeck ; Diasporic conceptions of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq / Barzoo Eliassi ; The Kurds in Germany / Vera Eccarius-Kelly ; The Kurdish diaspora in the UK / Desmond Fernandes

The historical origins of the Turkish-Armenian animosity -- What is genocide? -- Armenian terrorism in the 20th century -- Politicizing history -- Turkish counterterror and harassment? -- Rapprochement?

The A to Z of the Kurds covers the largest nation on Earth that does not have its own independent state. Scholars, government officials who are dealing with the Middle East and the Kurds, the news media, as well as the general reader will find this an accessible historical account about a people who are becoming increasingly important for the future of the geostrategic Middle East. Maps, a chronology of Kurdish history, an introductory essay on the Kurds, a dictionary containing several hundred entries on various aspects of the Kurdish experience, and an extensive bibliography comprise this vo