DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2023.210201en Author: Jordi Tejel Affiliation: University of Neuchâtel, History Department, Espace Tilo-Frey 1, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland Email: jordi.tejel@unine.ch Language: English Issue: 2/2023 (21) Pages: 3–17 (15 pages) Keywords: Borderlands, Contraband, Borders, Kurds, WWII, Periphery Abstract Scholars generally argue that during the Second World War, the Middle East, and the Kurdish areas in particular, was…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2023.200105 Author: Michiel Leezenberg Affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Dept. of Philosophy, Oude Turfmarkt 141, 1012 GC, Amsterdam, Netherlands Email: M.M.Leezenberg@uva.nl Language: English Issue: 1/2023 (20) Pages: 115–127 (13 pages) Keywords: Kurds, history, culture, politics, literate civilization, nationalism, self-determination, liberation movements, Cold War, Middle East Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Kurds,…
DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190204 Author: J. Otto Pohl Affiliation: Independent researcher Email: j.ottopohl@gmail.com Language: English Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 78–92 (15 pages) Keywords: Kurds, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, NKVD, special settlers Abstract Soviet policy towards its Kurdish minority shifted from supporting their cultural development during the 1920s and early 1930s to a more repressive policy from 1937–1956 and then…