Analar, yoldaşlar, tanrıçalar

by Handan Çağlayan

Çağlayan, Handan, Mothers, Comrades, and Goddesses: Women in the Kurdish Movement and the Formation of Women’s Identity, 2007 (2nd ed. 2009), İstanbul: İletişim Publishing, 278 pages. ABSTRACT The fact that the Kurdish identity is not recognised officially in Turkey and the reactions caused by this fact are among the important issues of the country’s agenda. Since 1984, the conflict between the Kurdish movement and the state security forces has grown and 40 thousand people have lost their lives. The significant feature of the Kurdish movement is the active participation of women. This book looks into the political mobility that gave rise to visibility of Kurdish women in the public field with the identity of “Kurdish woman”. The book claims that women are not passive elements mobilised by the Kurdish movement. The formation of the “Kurdish women” identity and political activities of women is dealt with in the approach of new social movements which considers collective identity, collect