Kurdish memories of the Armenian Genocide challenge the systematic denialism established by the Turkish state structures and foster new possibilities of coming to terms with the past. This book examines Kurdish biographies, especially from Van, Turkey, and explores the dynamics of intertwined remembrance regimes concerning the political violence on Armenians and Syriac Christians of Ottoman imperial subjects and on Kurdish citizens of Turkey. These life stories shed light on the complexity of remembering, including collective and individual memory of violence, perpetration, and victimhood from past and present.

Hersteller:
Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH
Magdalena Lautenschlager
info@budrich.de
Stauffenbergstraße 7
DE 51379 Leverkusen-Opladen

Eren Yildirim Yetkin currently works at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences in Germany.

“Violence and Genocide in Kurdish Memory provides insight into how visions of the past shift within a turbulent political climate and how these shifts impact ongoing struggles.”  Volume 76, Number 4, Spring 2023

1 Introduction 2 Research Design 3 Studying Memory. Approaches, Concepts, and Complexities 4 Armenian Genocide and the Story of Van 5 The Conflict of Recognition and Denial 6 Life Stories. Reconstructing Biographical Experiences and Memories 7 Violence and Genocide in Memory. A Comparative Discussion 8 Conclusion References Index