{"product_id":"the-purple-color-of-kurdish-politics-9780745347080","title":"The Purple Color of Kurdish Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrison writings from 22 Kurdish women who were elected to office in Turkey and then imprisoned by the state on political grounds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This compelling collection highlights personal experiences of imprisoned Kurdish women politicians and their feminist struggle against gender inequality, patriarchal social structures and anti-Kurdish repression in Turkey'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Vera Eccarius-Kelly, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Siena College in Albany, New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Takes the reader beyond mere political struggle to a vibrant interconnected memories and inner lives of Kurdish women political prisoners'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Shahrzad Mojab, Professor at the University of Toronto and co-author of ‘Women of Kurdistan’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A powerful testament that a caged bird can still sing, this is an inspiring chorus for people world-wide to join hands and carry forth the fight for freedom, and for life, no matter what the circumstances'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Alpa Shah, author of the award-winning 'Nightmarch: Among India's Revolutionary Guerrillas', and Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslation Coordinators’ Preface - Ruken Isik, Emek Ergun, and Janet Biehl\u003cbr\u003e Preface to English Edition - Gültan Kışanak\u003cbr\u003e Overview: The Growing Struggle for Women's Liberation - Gültan Kışanak\u003cbr\u003e 1. How Will You Find That Many Women? - Aysel Tuğluk\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mother, Child, Prison - Burcu Çelik Özkan\u003cbr\u003e 3. We Never Considered It from That Angle - Çağlar Demirel\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hurry up and Fix Things-Don't Let Us Down Before Our Husbands- Diba Keskin\u003cbr\u003e 5. I Struggled Hard, But I Never Gave Up - Dilek Hatipoğlu\u003cbr\u003e 6. We Have Your Keys. You Can Come and Get Them - Edibe Şahin\u003cbr\u003e 7. Women's Worked Viewed as Frivolous - Evin Keve\u003cbr\u003e 8. You're Going to Eat with the Men? - Fatma Doğan\u003cbr\u003e 9. History Has No Love for Women Who Stop and Keep Quiet - Figen Yüksekdağ\u003cbr\u003e 10. Three Times Elected, Three Years Barred from Serving - Gülser Yıldırım\u003cbr\u003e 11. Being a Woman is Hard … Even Dangerous - Gültan Kışanak\u003cbr\u003e 12. Are Men Going to Walk Behind a Woman? - Leyla Güven\u003cbr\u003e 13. Mayor, We Don't Dare Say Anything to These Women Anymore - Mukaddes Kubilay\u003cbr\u003e 14. One Must Travel from City to City. Women Can't Do It - Nurhayat Altun\u003cbr\u003e 15. Women Should Be the Ones to Handle Finances - Sara Kaya\u003cbr\u003e 16. This Woman Is Tough as Nails - Sadiye Süer Baran\u003cbr\u003e 17. From Prison to Parliament - Sebahat Tuncel\u003cbr\u003e 18. Imprisoned for Providing Services - Selma Karakoç\u003cbr\u003e 19. One Woman Became Eighty - Yıldız Çetin\u003cbr\u003e 20. Is Sir Chiefwoman in? - Zeynep Han Bingöl\u003cbr\u003e 21. They've Turned It into a Women’s Municipality - Zeynep Sipçik\u003cbr\u003e 22. Breaking Down the Doors - Selma Irmak\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFreedom for Aysel Tuğluk\u003cbr\u003e Translators and Coordinators\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404329754967,"sku":"9780745347080","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745347080.jpg?v=1730486119","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-purple-color-of-kurdish-politics-9780745347080","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}