Etnisiteyi Sürdürmek - Haymana Kürtleri

Maintaining Ethnicity - Haymana Kurds Book Description This book focuses on understanding the relationship between the concepts of culture, identity and ethnicity through the dynamics of intercultural encounter. In this regard, how ethnic boundaries were established and what kind of effects intercultural processes had on the formation of these boundaries were examined. Within the scope of the study, ethnographic fieldwork was conducted in Haymana, a district in Central Anatolia where different ethnic groups live together but the majority of whom are Kurds, and data on the subject was obtained. On the other hand, Kurds from Haymana living in Ankara city center were also included in the field research. Thus, an opportunity was gained to make a comparison between the identification processes and the dynamics of intercultural interaction experienced in two different fields. Generally speaking, the cultural differences that community members establish with other ethnic groups based on categories such as ritual, gender, and profession, on the one hand, allow the borders between cultures to be drawn, and on the other hand, they strengthen and maintain the group identity through practices of inclusion and exclusion. Thus, community members living together with other ethnic identities, especially Turks, have managed to constantly re-establish and maintain the Kurdish identity. Ethnic identity owes its existence to the cultural boundaries that separate it from others. Therefore, the permanence of borders is the guarantee of maintaining cultural identity. (From the Promotional Bulletin)