Çakir, Çakir, B. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2014
identity construction in Turkey. First, conceptualized as a hegemonic practice, the Turkification of toponyms in the Kurdish … spaces and the cultural erosion of Kurdishness. Later, the research examines the act of naming places as a Kurdish strategy … of resistance and a cultural right. As an attempt to remove spatial and linguistic injustice, Kurdish toponymic practices …