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'This book offers a rich descriptive account of Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey based on strong ethnographic research ... delivers a fascinating account of the organizational and ideological background of Kurdish Hizbullah and the basics of Kurdish political Islam' -- Middle East Policy 'A valuable contribution to the growing literature on religious nationalism in Turkey ... It will remain a point of reference for scholars of Kurdish and Islamist politics in Turkey' -- Review of Middle East Studies 'The first major anthropological study of Turkey's Hizbullah, the most important Kurdish Islamist movement' -- Martin van Bruinessen, Professor of the Comparative Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, Utrecht University 'With deep personal knowledge, Mehmet Kurt offers us an unrivalled insight into the world view of those involved in this important Kurdish Islamic movement. He shows how deeply and broadly embedded Hizbullah is, and how it may well help shape the future' -- David McDowall, author of A Modern History of the Kurds 'An excellent ethnographic analysis of the impact of Islamism within the Kurdish movement in Turkey, a must read for those especially interested in the interaction of religion and ethnic identity in the Middle East' -- Fatma Muge Goecek, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, The University of Michigan

This is an excellent ethnographic analysis of the impact of Islamism within the Kurdish movement in Turkey, a must read for those especially interested in the interaction of religion and ethnic identity in the Middle East. -- Fatma Muge Gocek, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, The University of Michigan Kurdish Hizbullah is essential reading for those who think the Kurdish struggle in Turkey is simply between the PKK and the state. With deep personal knowledge, Mehmet Kurt offers us an unrivalled insight into the world view of those involved in this important Kurdish Islamic movement. He shows how deeply and broadly embedded Hizbullah is, and how it may well help shape the future. -- David McDowall, author of A Modern History of the Kurds

'A valuable contribution to the growing literature on religious nationalism in Turkey ... It will remain a point of reference for scholars of Kurdish and Islamist politics in Turkey' -- Review of Middle East Studies 'The first major anthropological study of Turkey's Hizbullah, the most important Kurdish Islamist movement' -- Martin van Bruinessen, Professor of the Comparative Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, Utrecht University 'With deep personal knowledge, Mehmet Kurt offers us an unrivalled insight into the world view of those involved in this important Kurdish Islamic movement. He shows how deeply and broadly embedded Hizbullah is, and how it may well help shape the future' -- David McDowall, author of A Modern History of the Kurds 'An excellent ethnographic analysis of the impact of Islamism within the Kurdish movement in Turkey, a must read for those especially interested in the interaction of religion and ethnic identity in the Middle East' -- Fatma Muge Goecek, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, The University of Michigan

Mehmet Kurt's book is the first major anthropological study of Turkey's Hizbullah, the most important Kurdish Islamist movement. Kurt traces the major changes the movement has gone through since the 1980s, from violence-prone underground movement to civil society association to legal political party, and analyses the tensions between the movement's Islamism and its undeniable Kurdish identity. The book is an essential contribution to the literature on Turkey's Kurds. -- Martin van Bruinessen, Professor of the Comparative Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, Utrecht University Kurdish Hizbullah is essential reading for those who think the Kurdish struggle in Turkey is simply between the PKK and the state. With deep personal knowledge, Mehmet Kurt offers us an unrivalled insight into the world view of those involved in this important Kurdish Islamic movement. He shows how deeply and broadly embedded Hizbullah is, and how it may well help shape the future. -- David McDowall, author of A Modern History of the Kurds This is an excellent ethnographic analysis of the impact of Islamism within the Kurdish movement in Turkey, a must read for those especially interested in the interaction of religion and ethnic identity in the Middle East. -- Fatma Muge Gocek, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, The University of Michigan

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Mehmet Kurt is the British Academy Newton Advanced Post-Doctoral Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. His areas of expertise are Kurdish Islamist groups, social movements, radicalisation, the Kurdish issue in Turkey, visual ethnography and oral history. He is the author of Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey (Pluto, 2017).

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