Tag: banditry

“The Last of the Kurdish Bandits in Modern Turkey, 1950-1970”-Histoire Sociale/Social History

23 July 2024

Ahmet Özcan, “From ‘criminal citizens’ to ‘traitors’: Last of the Kurdish bandits in modern Turkey (1950–1970)”, Histoire Sociale/Social History, Vol. 57, No. 117 (May 2024): 23-57. (AHCI) To read the article from the Project Muse, click here. For the related issue of the journal Histoire Sociale/Social History, click here. The mass banditry that emerged in … More “The Last of the Kurdish Bandits in Modern Turkey, 1950-1970”-Histoire Sociale/Social History

Speech: “Desertion, Banditry, and Capital Punishment”-Istanbul Bilgi University

10 November 2023

On November 27, 2023, I will give a talk entitled “Desertion, Banditry, and Capital Punishment in Türkiye’s Early Republican Period” at the Santral Campus of the Istanbul Bilgi University. I am grateful to my professors at the Department of International Relations for their kind invitation. Hope to see you there…

Who’s Turkey’s bad guy?-Duvar English (Ahmet Özcan and Nazlan Ertan)

26 June 2021

Ahmet Özcan and Nazlan Ertan, “Who’s Turkey’s bad guy?”, Duvar English, June 25, 2021. To read the article at Duvar English click here. From the 16th-century mythical Köroğlu to mid-20th-century Kurdish hero Koçero, Turkey has a long list of beloved bandits fighting against injustice. Is Sedat Peker a throwback to this tradition of noble rebellion? … More Who’s Turkey’s bad guy?-Duvar English (Ahmet Özcan and Nazlan Ertan)