Kürt Damgası - Etnik Sınırlar ve Başa Çıkma Stratejileri

Kurdish Stigma - Ethnic Boundaries and Coping Strategies Book Description

“Almost everyone in the class was afraid to talk to me as if they had seen an alien, and they warned those who did. Then they noticed that I helped them in the exams, gave lecture notes, and a certain dialogue began to develop. They had to talk to me at social activities and they were surprised to see that there were people in front of them. They think the people there are rude and hurtful people. (…) I showed my ID so they would believe it. They say 'No, you can't be from there', they don't believe it, we have a good relationship now.” Serkan Turgut draws a detailed picture and analyzes the exclusion and stigmatization practices experienced by Kurdish youth in schools in Izmir, a place where they are a minority. It focuses on the ordinary, everyday dynamics of stigmatization, beyond political-ideological provisions. He questions how the word "Kurdish" could turn into a "slang word" as determined by a high school student.

The book also looks at the behavior of those who are subjected to stigmatization. It focuses on how strategies such as resisting, leaving stigmas unanswered, trying to individually separate oneself from the stigmatized group, avoiding having a relationship or "showing" oneself, and trying to cope at the discursive level work. The Kurdish Stigma is a detailed study about the mechanisms of discrimination and ordinary racism in Turkey.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 213

Size: 13 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2021

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language Turkish