The Effects of Terrorist Organisations on Construction of Identity: The Case of PYD-YPG in Northern Syria
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Revolts in the Middle East, starting with the Arab Spring, and including non-state actors to existing equation in the region, make the structure complicated. PYD (Democratic Union Party)- YPG (Public Defense Union) who has an organic affiliation with PKK (The Kurdistan Workers’ Party), got involved in the Syrian Civil War one year after with the Qamıshlı Events. Instead of geopolitical and strategic existence and its targets in the region, this article deals with PYD-YPG’s identity construction methods and practice. PYD-YPG reshapes the identity of Syrian Kurdish society by means of chaos of civil war, and redefines Syrian Kurdish identity. PYD-YPG creates an artificial social base, which is the most chosen feeding method by terrorist organizations, on identity policy in Northern Syria. In doing so, the main reason strengthening PYD-YPG’s hand is the proxy war nature of Syrian Civil War. Besides, some states following ‘leading behind’ or ‘direct intervention’ strategy submit secular terrorism as a cure for combating against fundamental terrorism. For this reason, their support to PYD-YPG, facilitates to deepen and enlarge its artificial social base.
In the light of the arguments in this research, the identity politics and identity construction practice of PYD-YPG in Northern Syria, which has started on March 2011 and continues today, is analyzed with the perspective of Social Construction in International Relations Theory. In addition, the identity construction policy, instruments and practices of PYD-YPG, is evaluated on the grounds of Modern Nationalism Theory.
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
18 Ağustos 2017
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18 Ağustos 2017
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