2002
DOI: 10.1080/13602000220124854
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Political Movements and Leverage Points: Kurdish Activism in the European Diaspora

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“…This cooperation, however, has not generated a centralised In sum, the existing literature shows that the Kurdish diaspora is organising supranationally and that the EU can exert significant influence on reforms in Turkey. The process of EU integration itself has led to increased Kurdish involvement in European lobbying (Eccarius-Kelly 2002;Casier 2011aCasier , 2011b. Due to relatively closed opportunity structures in Turkey and the augmented reach of Brussels, Kurdish activists have turned to a supranational political space which offers them both an institutional access and a discursive context that appears friendly to their claims.…”
Section: The Kurdish Question: From Turkey To the Eu And Backmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This cooperation, however, has not generated a centralised In sum, the existing literature shows that the Kurdish diaspora is organising supranationally and that the EU can exert significant influence on reforms in Turkey. The process of EU integration itself has led to increased Kurdish involvement in European lobbying (Eccarius-Kelly 2002;Casier 2011aCasier , 2011b. Due to relatively closed opportunity structures in Turkey and the augmented reach of Brussels, Kurdish activists have turned to a supranational political space which offers them both an institutional access and a discursive context that appears friendly to their claims.…”
Section: The Kurdish Question: From Turkey To the Eu And Backmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This provided the PKK and its sympathizers with concrete means to advocate their cause and to publicize the plight of Kurds living in Turkey, particularly during the height of the armed conflict. PKK militants could collect financial contributions from European Kurds, call for hunger strikes and demonstrations, set up a satellite television station, radio stations and newspapers (Grojean, 2008;Watts, 2004;Eccarius-Kelly, 2002) and develop their own network of 'diplomats', all of which gave leverage to an increased visibility of their promotion of the Kurdish cause.…”
Section: The Pkk Presence In Europementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The PKK, according to German intelligence sources, has 10,000 supporters among the half million Kurds in Germany. 23 It also managed to mobilize 20,000 Kurds for political campaigns. Although PKK militants are in a small minority, they are well-organized and violent.…”
Section: Stage Iv: the Emergence Of The Pkk (1983-99)mentioning
confidence: 99%