DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2023.210201en Author: Jordi Tejel Address: University of Neuchâtel, History Department, Espace Tilo-Frey 1, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland E-mail: jordi.tejel@unine.ch Language: English Issue: 2/2023 (21) Page Range: 3–17 No. of Pages: 15 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 a…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2023.200105 Author: Michiel Leezenberg Address: University of Amsterdam, Dept. of Philosophy, Oude Turfmarkt 141, 1012 GC, Amsterdam, Netherlands E-mail: M.M.Leezenberg@uva.nl Language: English Issue: 1/2023 (20) Page Range: 115–127 No. of Pages: 13 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, the world’s…
DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190204 Author: J. Otto Pohl Address: Independent researcher E-mail: j.ottopohl@gmail.com Language: English Issue: (19) 2/2022 Page Range: 78-92 No. of Pages: 15 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…