Your freedom and mine : Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish question in Erdogan's Turkey

Your freedom and mine : Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish question in Erdogan's Turkey / Thomas Jeffrey Miley, Federico Venturini, eds.

"Your Freedom and Mine tells the story of the Imrali Delegations' attempts to meet with Abdullah Öcalan and provides context for an understanding of the conflict between Turkey and the Kurdish people. The book opens with a historical view of the Kurdish Question, leading up to the optimis...

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Other Authors: Miley, Thomas Jeffrey (Editor), Venturini, Federico (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montréal : Black Rose Books, 2018.
Subjects:
Öcalan, Abdullah.
Öcalan, Abdullah
2000-2099
Kurds > Turkey > Politics and government > 21st century.
Kurds > Politics and government
Politics and government
Turkey > Politics and government > 21st century.
Turkey
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword by Dilar Dirik
  • Preface by Thomas Je rey Miley
  • Preface by Federico Venturini
  • Note from the Publisher
  • PART ONE The Historical Context of the Conflict
  • The Turkish-Kurdish Conflict in Historical Context
  • PART TWO: Campaigns of International Solidarity
  • Abdullah Öcalan: A Life of Four Decades of Resistance
  • My Encounter with the Kurdish Movement
  • The EU Turkey Civic Commission and the Peace in Kurdistan UK Campaign
  • The Freedom for Öcalan Campaign and the British Trade Union Movement
  • PART THREE: The EUTCC İmralı International Peace Delegations
  • The Plight of the Kurds in Turkey and the Fate of the Middle East
  • Joint Statement of the First International İmralı Peace Delegation
  • Turkey and the Kurds: A Chance for Peace?
  • EU Turkey Civic Commission Cover Letter for the Report of the Third İmralı International Peace Delegation
  • State Terror, Human Rights Violations, and Authoritarianism in Turkey
  • The Council of Europe and the Death of the Peace Process: Report from the İmralı Delegation to Strasbourg
  • PART FOUR: Reflections of the EUTCC İmralı Peace Delegates
  • Fighting the Lion Inside the Cage
  • My Tryst with the Kurdish Freedom Struggle
  • A Basque Politician in Kurdistan
  • Still a Long Way to Peace: Changing Minds about the Kurdish Issue
  • An Exercise in Understanding
  • "Please Tell My Story"
  • Repressing Comedians, Journalists, and Politicians
  • An Activist-Researcher as a Peace Delegate
  • The Experience of an Ignorant European Politician
  • Ten Powerful Moments of an Outraging Experience
  • PART FIVE: Analysing Democratic Confederalism
  • A Seeker of Truth
  • Capitalism and the Kurdish Freedom Movement
  • Democratic Confederalism, Democratic Autonomy
  • Review of Abdullah Öcalan's Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization
  • Struggling Hand in Hand with the Kurdish Youth Movement: Dispatches from the Long March for the Freedom of Öcalan (February 2017)
  • The Perils and Promises of Self-Determination: From Kurdistan to Catalonia
  • PART SIX: Geopolitics, Dilemmas, and the Scramble for the Middle East
  • Regional and Global Power Politics in the Syrian Conflict
  • The War on Terror and Europe's Refugee Crisis
  • Dancing with the Devil
  • Delisting the PKK and the Resulting Bene
  • Consolidating Peace, Democracy and Human Rights after Raqqa: Prospects for the Region and the Kurds
  • Afterword by Cihad hammy
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Glossary of Acronyms

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