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portada The Zaza Kurds of Turkey: A Middle Eastern Minority in a Globalised Society
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Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781788312820
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The Zaza Kurds of Turkey: A Middle Eastern Minority in a Globalised Society

Mehmed S. Kaya (Author) · I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd · Paperback

The Zaza Kurds of Turkey: A Middle Eastern Minority in a Globalised Society - Mehmed S. Kaya

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Synopsis "The Zaza Kurds of Turkey: A Middle Eastern Minority in a Globalised Society "

Turkey, at the very intersection of Europe and the Middle East, comprises a plethora of ethnicities and minority groups. There is, however, very little official data about many of its chief minorities. The Zazas are one such group: a Kurdish people speaking the Zaza dialect, and living as a distinct people in the eastern Anatolian provinces. Originally followers of Zoroastrianism from c.700 BC, over the centuries the Zazas converted, often by force, to Sunni Islam or Alevism, which remain the key faiths of the Zazas today. While many Zazas have migrated to Turkey's major cities and beyond, the majority of the population remain in rural eastern Anatolia and have retained a society and culture largely untouched by the influences of the modern world.Mehmet S. Kaya here provides a thorough investigation of all aspects of Zaza life, including kinship, economy, culture, identity, gender relations, patriarchy, and religion. His fieldwork among local communities in the Zaza area, together with insights drawn from the Kurdish and Turkish media, sheds light upon the ways in which this Middle Eastern minority has maintained its way of life and cultural identity. He observes the ways in which the Zazas govern their problems and conflicts outside of official legal administration and courts; the factors that make Zaza society adhere in the absence of formal authority; and the role of religion in daily Zaza life. Kaya also examines the concept of the Zazas as a "stateless" people, and looks at the issue of the oppression of minority ethnic identities in the context of Turkish nationalism.The Zaza Kurds of Turkey provides access to the world of a little-known people who have so far been largely neglected in the academic literature. This important study will especially interest those the fields of Middle East studies, Islamic studies, anthropology, and minority and diaspora studies.

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