{"product_id":"battle-for-the-mountain-of-the-kurds-self-determination-and-ethnic-cleansing-in-rojava-paperback","title":"Battle for the Mountain of the Kurds: Self-Determination and Ethnic Cleansing in Rojava - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Schmidinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrej Grubačic\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by), \u003cb\u003eMichael Schiffmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn early 2018, Turkey invaded the autonomous Kurdish region of Afrin in Syria and is currently threatening to ethnically cleanse the region. Between 2012 and 2018, the \"Mountain of the Kurds\" (Kurd Dagh) as the area has been called for centuries, had been one of the quietest regions in a country otherwise torn by civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the Syrian army withdrew from the region in 2012, enabling the Party of Democratic Union (PYD), the Syrian sister party of Abdullah ﾖcalan's outlawed Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to first introduce a Kurdish self-administration and then, in 2014, to establish the Canton Afrin as one of the three parts of the heavily Kurdish Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, which is better known under the name Rojava.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis self-administration--which had seen multiparty municipal and regionwide elections in the summer and autumn of 2017, which included a far-reaching autonomy for a number of ethnic and religious groups, and which had provided a safe haven for up to 300,000 refugees from other parts of Syria--is now at risk of being annihilated by the Turkish invasion and occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Schmidinger is one of the very few Europeans to have visited the Canton of Afrin. In this book, he gives an account of the history and the present situation of the region. In a number of interviews, he also gives inhabitants of the region from a variety of ethnicities, religions, political orientations, and walks of life the opportunity to speak for themselves. As things stand now, the book might seem to be in danger of becoming an epitaph for the \"Mountain of the Kurds,\" but as the author writes, \"the battle for the Mountain of the Kurds is far from over yet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Schmidinger \u003c\/b\u003eis a political scientist and a cultural and social anthropologist. He is the secretary-general of the Austrian Society for the Promotion of Kurdology, coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eVienna Kurdish Studies Yearbook, \u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eRojava: Revolution, War and the Future of Syria's Kurds\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAndrej Grubacic\u003c\/b\u003e is the chair of the Anthropology and Social Change department at the California Institute of Integral Studies. His books include \u003ci\u003eDon't Mourn, Balkanize\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMichael Schiffmann \u003c\/b\u003eis a linguist, cultural scientist, translator, editor, and author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45615325347884,"sku":"9781629636511","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/battle-for-the-mountain-of-the-kurds-self-determination-and-ethnic-cleansing-in-rojava-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}