Kaya - Mapping Kurdistan

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Zeynep N. Kaya 2020

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To Elif

Several wonderful people inspired and supported this book with whom I have discussed many of its aspects and who have given me immensely useful advice: my doctoral supervisors Fred Halliday and John Sidel and doctoral adviser John Breuilly, my doctoral examiners Charles Tripp and James Mayall and the two anonymous reviewers whose comments transformed the way I present the ideas in this book. Working with Fred Halliday was one of the biggest privileges of my life he was a great source of intellectual wisdom and inspiration, a huge support and a wonderful friend. I am also indebted to the editorial team at Cambridge University Press for taking me through the process with such expertise and ease, especially Maria Marsh, Daniel Brown and Atifa Jiwa. I would like to thank David McDowall, Mehrdad Izady, Laris Karaklis, The Kurdish Project for generously allowing me to use their maps in the book.

Big thanks go to my friends and colleagues at the London School of Economics: Robert Lowe for always being there for me throughout my career and the writing of this book; Ribale Sleiman-Haidar, Sandra Sfeir, Chelsea Milsom and Courtney Freer for being the best colleagues and friends; Toby Dodge for the wonderful guidance. It is impossible to mention all those who been part of my journey in writing this book, intellectually and emotionally. I am worried about omitting names but here it goes: to Jennifer Jackson-Preece, Margot Light, Denise Natali, Gne Murat Tezcr, Lily Ling, Djene Bajalan, Brendan OLeary, Joost Jongerden, David McDowall, Katerina Dalacoura and Yaniv Voller for discussing ideas that formed this book; to Jasmine Gani, Naz Masraff, Natali Pagliari, Claire Beaugrand, Outi Keranen, Chris Phillips, Kevork Oskanian, Ramon Pacheco-Pardo, Jeffrey Reeves for being wonderful PhD friends; and to Kimberly Hutchings, John Hutchinson and Christine Chinkin for supporting me throughout my career.

Special thanks also go to my family of friends who have surrounded me with love, laughter and wisdom. I am especially grateful to Charlie Miller, Rubina Fur, Sarah Latimer-Sayer, Bene Lassartesse-Jones and Marie Morice for being there for me in the final, most painful years of writing.

There are many other friends and colleagues whose names havent been mentioned here, and many scholars, researchers and practitioners I have met and with whom I have discussed the book and exchanged ideas. Their ideas and insights have inspired this book so much.

This book would not have been possible if it wasnt for my family, who deserve the biggest thanks special thanks to my parents and brother in Turkey for the limitless love and support, and putting up with the stressed version of me and my distractedness during holidays, as well as to my Irish family who have always been equally loving. Also thanks to my husband Matthew for reading (several!) earlier versions of the book, talking about it for numerous hours and for always encouraging and supporting me. I dedicate this book to my daughter Elif who has always cheered me up and was always ready to provide gems of wisdom in the hardest hours.

No work is ever entirely owned by one person, and I am indebted to all those fantastic people. Of course, any errors that remain are my own.

Transliteration was a challenging task for this book because it covered a long historical period (from mid-nineteenth century to present), a large geography and a wide range of different transliterations of Kurdish words in multiple languages Kurdish, Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Ottoman Turkish. This book is meant for both specialists and general readers; therefore, I adopted a basic transliteration method. I have preserved Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Kurdish and Persian terms where possible for words commonly used in English as well as for place names, personal names, treaties, historical textbooks, names of associations, rebellions and movements. I have not used diacritics. I have followed the transliteration guidelines of the International Journal of Middle East Studies . My choice of transliteration is not intended to impose identity or nationality on the individuals, names and locations.