Dersim Kurdish Therapy 1937-1938

The grave events that took place in Dersim in 1937 and 1938 continue to bleed from within, with their social, political and psychological consequences as a wound carried from that period to the present day. The fog over this tragic past, which was deliberately kept out of sight in the black-covered notebooks of the history of the Republic of Turkey, has just begun to lift. The Dersim events and the subsequent sanctions institutionalized in the region by the state are facts that contain indispensable clues for the historical analysis of the Kurdish and Alevi problems, which are intensely discussed today. On this occasion, it is vital to investigate the events of those years from an objective perspective, based on testimonies and documents, in order to bring the traumatic process in question to full awareness. In his book titled Dersim Kurdish Treatment, Mahmut Akyürekli addresses this most important issue of the recent period with a cold-blooded approach that is loyal to scientific methods. While describing the "othering" process of Dersim step by step, it discusses the subject within a wide framework ranging from the social-political structure of the region to the internal and external dynamics affecting the events of 1937-1938, with the aim of making the historical background of the events understandable. Dersim Kurdish Tedibi is a refined sum of a comprehensive research including reports, archive studies, Parliament minutes of the period and oral testimonies of those who experienced the events. Akyürekli, who has critically sifted the academic information pollution and contradictory transfers on the subject for many years with the meticulousness of a researcher, explains the development of the military operations in Dersim, the way they were carried out and their results, without neglecting the important historical figures and social groups of the period. Dersim Tedibi 1937-1938 is an important reference book that can be used to understand what happened in the Dersim geography in the 1930s within the framework of an objective analysis, including all the parties and actors affecting the process.



Number of Pages: 224

Year of Printing: 2011


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Kitap Publishing House

First Print Year: 2011

Language Turkish