Bonus - The History of the Kurds, Ep. 4 w/ Djene Bajalan

American Prestige

English - August 13, 2022 12:43 - 4 minutes - 5.92 MB - ★★★★★ - 578 ratings
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Danny and Derek are once again joined by Djene Bajalan, associate professor of history at Missouri State University, to continue their miniseries on the history of the Kurds. In this episode, they begin in post-World War I Turkey. They discuss life under the Kamalist regime, the new republic’s changing geostrategic position in the 1920s, the “Kurdish Question”, the Sheikh Said Rebellion and other Kurdish nationalist uprisings, the influence of fascism in the 1930s, and more.