Çalıştay Transformed Nations: State Policies in Kurdish-Populated Areas of Syria – Iraq – Turkey – Iran. A comparative approach from a transnational perspective 23/01/2015
Istanbul, January 23rd, 2015French Institute for Anatolian Studies (IFEA) I. Presentation of the workshop In 2013, the French Institute for Anatolian Studies (IFEA, Istanbul), the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO, Erbil) and the University of Exeter, with the help of Aix-Marseille University, launched a common research program aiming at understanding the redefinition of relations between States and Kurdish-populated areas in the current regional context characterised by an intensification of transnational dynamics. A first workshop was organized in June 2014 in Erbil. It aimed at analysing local modes of government in Kurdish-‐populated areas with a special focus on the role of political parties’ practices and ways to control territory. The objective of the second workshop that will be held