Tangled loyalties: a study of Kurdish nationalism and the partition of the Ottoman Empire
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bartee, Seth | |
| dc.contributor.author | Utu, Shannon King | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-07T23:18:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-07T23:18:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This essay analyzes the theoretical concept of nationalism in the post WWI era through the lens of the Kurds and the partition of the Ottoman Empire. The rhetoric of President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and how they are applied to the Middle East are analyzed, especially the idea of self-determination. The concept of nationalism is broken down to be understood as an arbitrary way to group people into sub-groups of race in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By studying nationalism and the partition of the Ottoman Empire, it is determined that a nation-state must be founded on both global support and solidarity. If global support does not exist, a nation-state can be founded by force, as was the case for the Turks under Mustafa Kemal. Solidarity can be rooted in nationalism, but it does not have to be. It can be rooted in many things, including religion, which was the case of many Kurds who choose to unite with the Turks in their fight for self-determination. The Kurds ultimately did not unite, despite British aid, and the nation-state of Kurdistan was never created. (Author abstract) | en_US |
| dc.description.bibliographicCitation | Utu, S.K. (2018). Tangled loyalties: a study of Kurdish nationalism and the partition of the Ottoman Empire. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.edu | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Master Arts | en_US |
| dc.description.program | History | en_US |
| dc.description.school | College of Online and Continuing Education | en_US |
| dc.digSpecs | PDF/A-1b | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10474/3278 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Southern New Hampshire University | en_US |
| dc.relation.requires | Adobe Acrobat Reader | en_US |
| dc.rights | Author retains all ownership rights. Further reproduction in violation of copyright is prohibited | en_US |
| dc.rightsHolder | Utu, Shannon King | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Southern New Hampshire University -- Theses (History) | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | modern history | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Middle Eastern history | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | European history | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Kurds | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | nationalism | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Paris Peace Conference | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Treaty of Lausanne | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Treaty of Sevres | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | World War I | en_US |
| dc.title | Tangled loyalties: a study of Kurdish nationalism and the partition of the Ottoman Empire | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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