Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey: Islamism, Violence and the State

by Mehmet Kurt

Hizbullah is commonly misunderstood in the west, and the differences between Hizbullah in Lebanon, whose followers are mainly adherents of the Shiite sect of Islam, and Hizbullah in Turkey, which is made up of Sunnis, specifically Shafii Kurds, are even less known. In Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey, Mehmet Kurt seeks to change this, by charting the development of this powerful and misconstrued Islamist social movement from its origins in violent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745399347
• ISBN13: 9780745399348
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.6"