The Political Psychology of Kurds in Turkey: Critical Perspectives on Identity, Narratives, and Resistance (Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology)

Contents
About the Editors
List of Contributors
Contents
Introduction
	Rationale
	The Chapters
	References
An Overview of the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Narratives and Their Effects on Intergroup Relations
	Conflict Narratives in the Context of the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict
	Antecedents of Endorsing Different Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Narratives
		Ethnic Identification
		Allyship and Ally Identity
		Intergroup Contact
	Conflict- and Peace-Related Outcomes of Endorsing the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Narratives
		Competitive Victimhood
		Forgiveness and Reconciliation
		Attitudes Toward Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
		Intergroup Solidarity
		Support for Minority Rights
	Conclusion and Future Directions
	References
Understanding the Implications of Victimhood Identity in Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict
	Introduction
	Methodology
	Agency of Victims
	Different Uses of the Term Victim
	How Is the Victimhood Category Understood?
		Victim as a Legal Category
		Victimhood as a Category That Points Toward the Responsible Party
		Victim as Disempowerment
	Concluding Discussion
	References
Collective Identity in Kurds: From Collective Memory of Rights Violations to Rights Consciousness
	The Socio-political History of the Kurdish Issue in Turkey
	From Collective Memory of Rights Violations to Rights Consciousness
	Method
		Inclusion Criteria
		Exclusion Criteria
	Results
		Perceived Discrimination and Ingroup Identification
		System Justifying Ideologies and Attitudes Towards Human Rights and Peace
		Collective Identity and Collective Action
		From Violations of Rights to Rights Consciousness
	Discussion
	References
Oath to Death: An Analysis of Sait Kırmızıtoprak’s Contested Memory
	Origins of a Forgotten Revolutionary
	Oath to Death
	Two Saits Incident as a Failed Cataclysmic Event
	Brakuji, Family, and Guilt
	Death of the Witness
	Concluding Remarks
	References
		Audio-Visual
		Interviews
The Other of the Other: Syrian Refugees from the Perspective of Kurdish Minority in Turkey
	Introduction
	Literature Review
	Method
	Results
		Perceptions of Syrians’ Forced Migration
		Support for Syrian Refugees’ Rights and Stay in Turkey
		Belonging and Collective Ownership
	Conclusion
	References
From Collective Action to Collective Resistance: Working with the Saturday Mothers
	The Turkish-Kurdish Conflict—Escalation in the 1990s
	Enforced Disappearances
	Who Are the Saturday Mothers?
	Conducting Research with the Saturday Mothers
	Who We Are and How It Affects What We Hope to Learn
	Conclusions
	References
Reflexivity and Positionality in Qualitative Research: On Being an Outsider in the Field
	Introduction
	Reflexivity and Positionality: A Look into the Literature
	Outsider/Insider/In-between?
	Reimagining Positionality and Reflexivity
	Positionality in Conflict Zones
	Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict: A Brief History
	The Field: The Beginnings
	Teaching Moments: Unlearning One’s Biases, Recognizing One’s Privileges
	Uneasy Encounters in an Unfamiliar Zone: Defense Mechanisms, Coping Strategies
	The Repercussions of the Field: When the “Academic” Gets “Personal”
	Concluding Remarks: The Afterlife of the Field
	References
How Did ‘Turkish’ Psychology Become the Mainstream? A Discourse Analysis on the Trajectory of Its Colonial Legacy
	Decolonial Approaches in Psychology: A Brief Background
	The Weird of the Non-WEIRDs: The ‘Turkish’ Republic and Its Psychology
	Method and Data
		Material Selection
	Analysis
		From Superior to Normative: A Modern State with a Modern Self
		From Ignorable to Reformable: A Primitive Vassal and a Traditional Other
	Conclusion
	Appendix
	References
Conclusion
Index