europa ethnica

Citizenship constitutes a mechanism of social closure, securing opening toward the members and closing against aliens. Over the past decades, political discourses, practices and legislation have not only reflected changing understandings of national...

Background: In Taiwan, there are 16 recognized minorities speaking Formosan languages; the Tsou in the Alishan mountaneous region are a small distinct group of 4000 people; their language is endangered. Material and method: This is a report on...

The identity of groups of an ethno-cultural variety has long fallen within the remit of internati­onal human rights law. In this context, discussions have been largely concerned with the legal status of groups and/or the nature of the legal...

This article will argue that the meetings between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK between 2006-2015 were employed by the Turkish state to gain advantage in the conflict they were supposed to be aimed at resolving. This appraisal of the...

History has been for long misused as a means of warfare by totalitarian, despotic and chauvi­nist regimes to demoralize the minorities. The relations between the cohabitants under such regimes usually become vassaldom of minorities to the ruling...

In the post-World War II period, US policy toward the Kurds has been shaped by external factors rather than Kurdish arguments for their own autonomy or independence. While shifting strategic relations in the region present some new opportunities for...

Prospects for Kurdish and Palestinian independence have been dimmed by geopolitics, regional imbroglios, the rise of illiberalism, and domestic politics. Yet, inevitable changes that are likely to emerge from the mayhem in the Middle East, a region...

The Iraqi Kurdistan Independence Referendum of September 25th, 2017, initiated by the longstanding President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (elected in office from 13 June 2005 to 19 August 2015) did not serve as basis for the declaration of an...