Mustafa Gürbüzis a policy fellow in the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs at George Mason University and teaches Middle East politics at American University in Washington, DC.

IntroductionChapter I. Kurdish Movements in the SoutheastChapter II. Exogenous Shocks at the Eve of the MilleniumChapter III. Civic Competition and Conflict TransformationChapter IV. Resemblance and Difference: Constructing Kurdish Civil SocietyChapter V. Going Native: Contesting Kurdish IslamChapter VI. Islam Careser e: Islamic Activists Discover KurdishChapter VII. Enemies of the "Deep State": Narrative Conquests and Symbolic LocalizationConclusionReferences

Rival Kurdish Movements in Turkey explores the conditions that encourage non-violent civic engagement in emerging civil societies. The book examines the radical transformations over the past decade in the politics of Turkey's Kurdish minority.