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Kurds and their history: An interview with David McDowall

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  • Metin Atmaca

    (Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey)

Abstract

This interview with David McDowall records his intellectual quest on the Kurds for over thirty years and his book A Modern History of the Kurds. Initially trained as a historian of modern Syria, his interest started when he was asked to write a report on the Kurds as a minority group. He later expanded his research on the Kurds, which culminated in one of the most comprehensive books on the modern history of the Kurds. In this interview he talks about the process of research for his book, the Kurdish national movement, intra-Kurdish relations, the Kurdish diaspora, and the transformation of the Kurdish Question in the last three decades. Abstract in Kurmanji: Kurd û dîroka wan: Hevpeyvînek li gel David McDowall Ev hevpeyvîna li gel David McDowall lêgerîna wî ya entelektuel a li ser kurdan a zêdetirî sih salan û kitêba wî A Modern History of the Kurds (Dîroka Modern a Kurdan) tîne ber çavan. McDowallê ku pisporê dîroka Sûriyeya modern bû, dema jê hat xwestin ku raporekê li ser kurdan wek komeke kêmar binivîse, eleqeya wî ya li ser dîroka kurdan dest pê kir. Wî paşê lêkolîna xwe ya li ser kurdan berfirehtir kir û ji vê hewla wî yek ji kitêbên herî berfireh ên dîroka modern a kurdan peyda bû. Di vê hevpeyvînê de ew li ser proseya lêkolîna ji bo kitêba xwe, tevgera neteweyî ya kurd, têkiliyên nav-kurdan, dîasporaya kurd, veguherîna pirsa kurd a di sê deheyên dawî de diaxive. Abstract in Sorani: Kurd û mêjuwekeyan: Dîdarêk legell Deyivd Mekdowall Em çawpêkewtne legell Deyivd Mekdowall zyatir le sî sall koşşî hizrî ew leser kurd we ktêbekey mêjûy hawçerxî kurd tomar dekat. Sereta wek mêjûnusêk leser suryay hawçerx meşqî pêkra, bayex pêdanî ew katêk destî pêkrid ke daway lêkra raportêk leser kurd wek grupêkî kemîne bnusêt. Ew dwatir twêjînewekey leser kurd frawan kird, ke yekêk le ktêbe here giştgîrekanî mêjûy hawçerxî kurdî lêberhem hat. Lem dîdareda ew derbarey prosey twêjînewe bo ktêbekey, bzûtnewey neteweyî kurd, peywendî nêwkurd, dyasporay kurd û werçerxanî pirsî kurd le sê deyey rabridûda dedwêt. Abstract in Zazaki: Kurdî û tarîxê înan: Davîd McDowallî reyde roportaj Nê roportajê bi Davîd McDowallî de cigêrayîşo roşnvîrî yê McDowallî yê hîris serran ke kurdan ser o kerdo û kitabê xo A Modern History of the Kurds (Tarîxê Kurdan o Modern) qeyd benê. Verî, ey perwerdeyê tarîxnasîya Sûrîyeya moderne dîbî. Wexto ke pers bîyo ke derheqê kêmneteweya kurdan de raporêk binuso, eleqedarîya ey dest pêkerda. Dima, ey cigêrayîşê xo yê derheqê kurdan de berd aver ke netîceyê nê cigêrayîşî kitabo tewr hîra derheqê tarîxê kurdan ê modernî de ameyo ra. Nê roportajî de McDowall derheqê prosesê cigêrayîşê kitabê xo, tevgerê neteweyî yê kurdan, têkilîyanê mîyankurdkîyan, dîyasporaya kurdan û vurîyayîşê meseleya kurdan ê hîris serranê peyênan de qisey keno.

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  • Metin Atmaca, 2020. "Kurds and their history: An interview with David McDowall," Kurdish Studies, Society of history and cultural studies, Hong Kong, vol. 8(2), pages 233-244, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:mig:ksjrnl:v:8:y:2020:i:2:p:233-244
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/ks.v8i2.587
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