TURKISH MODERNITY AND KURDISH ETHNO-NATIONALISM
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL SOCIAL SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
BY
MEKİN MUSTAFA KEMAL ÖKEM
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
APRIL 2006
Approval of the Graduate School of Social Sciences
Prof. Dr. Sencer AYATA Director
I certify that this thesis satisfies all the requirements as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Prof. Dr. Feride ACAR Head of Department
This is to certify that we have read this thesis and that in our opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Prof. Dr. Ayşe Güneş Ayata Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Gencay Şaylan (AU, FPS) Prof. Dr. Ayşe Güneş Ayata (METU, ADM) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar Akçalı (METU, ADM) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ceylan Tokluoğlu (METU, SOC) Asst. Prof. Dr. Kürşad Ertuğrul (METU, ADM)