Ghazis and beggars: The double life of disabled Turkish veterans
Açıksöz, Salih Can
Ghazis and beggars: The double life of disabled Turkish veterans - 2014.
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This article centers on Turkish conscripted soldiers disabled in clashes with Kurdish guerillas. These disabled veterans lead a double life, divided between nationalist sanctification and socio-economic and cultural marginalization. This article examines this double life through the analytical lens of gender to analyze how veterans’ experiences of disability are hardened into an ultranationalist stance against the European Union.
Ghazis and beggars: The double life of disabled Turkish veterans - 2014.
84
This article centers on Turkish conscripted soldiers disabled in clashes with Kurdish guerillas. These disabled veterans lead a double life, divided between nationalist sanctification and socio-economic and cultural marginalization. This article examines this double life through the analytical lens of gender to analyze how veterans’ experiences of disability are hardened into an ultranationalist stance against the European Union.
Réseaux sociaux