Mashuq Kurt

Mashuq Kurt

Kurt

Dr Mashuq Kurt is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London. He specialises in political sociology and the anthropology of religion with a focus on Turkey, Kurdish studies and Muslim diasporas. He is the author of Kurdish Hizbullah in Turkey: Islamism, Violence and the State (Pluto, 2017) and has published widely in leading academic journals. Beyond academia, he contributes to public discourse through media commentary and documentary filmmaking. His writings appeared in Le Monde, Foreign Policy, Open Democracy, Jadaliyya, among others.

 

 

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Given a history of regional betrayal, the disarmament of PKK should bring some optimism. But is it just another gamble with Kurdish lives, asks Mashuq Kurt.

19 May, 2025