The Purple Color of Kurdish Politics

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The Purple Color of Kurdish Politics

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Gültan Kışanak, a Kurdish journalist and former MP, was elected co-mayor of Diyarbakır in 2014. Two years later, the Turkish state arrested and imprisoned her. Her story is remarkable, but not unique. While behind bars, she wrote about her own experiences and collected similar accounts from other Kurdish women, all co-chairs, co-mayors and MPs in Turkey; all incarcerated on political grounds. ‘The Purple Color of Kurdish Politics’ is a one-of-a-kind collection of prison writings from more than 20 Kurdish women politicians. Here they reflect on their personal and collective struggles against patriarchy and anti-Kurdish repression in Turkey; on the radical feminist principles and practices through which they transformed the political structures and state offices in which they operated. They discuss what worked and what didn’t, and the ways in which Turkey’s anti-capitalist and socialist movements closely informed their political stances and practices. Demonstrating Kurdish women’s ceaseless political determination and refusal to be silenced – even when behind bars – the book ultimately hopes to inspire women living under even the most unjust conditions to engage in collective resistance.

SKU: 40240 Category: Tags: ,
Subtitle: Women Politicians Write from Prison
Author: Kışanak, Gültan (red.)
Year: 2022
ISBN: 9780745347080
Pages: 272
Language: English
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publisher's city: London
Publication date: 2022-11-23
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