M. Mashuq Kurt
@mimkurd
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Associate Professor of Sociology & Head of Sociology and Criminology at @RHUL_Law | Documentary Filmmaker & Photographer | Storyteller & Wayfarer
London, England
Joined October 2014
I wrote for the French Daily Le Monde about the developments in the Middle East following PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's call for disbandment. @RoyalHolloway @RHUL_Law
https://t.co/675sKT54Dn
lemonde.fr
OP-ED. The Kurdish people are at a decisive moment in their history, oscillating between hope and skepticism about their place and future in the Middle East, argues sociologist Mashuq Kurt.
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KSC olarak 10 Eylül'de Diyarbakır'da, Türkiye ve Avrupa'daki Kürt gençler üzerine konuştuğumuz bir çalıştay ve panel düzenledik. Gün boyu süren etkinliklerin kısa bir özeti için linkteki habere bakabilirsiniz. 👉 https://t.co/iO9aFPYN8i
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Diyarbakır’da “Sınırların Ötesinde” Kürt gençliği paneli https://t.co/9JZbO0wnah
cegamedya.com
Diyarbakır’da “Sınırların Ötesinde” panelinde Türkiye ve diasporada Kürt gençliği tartışıldı.
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@DiyarTSO @ruhavi @rberfincoskun @mimkurd @BritishAcademy_ @ESRC @RHUL_Law @YPTurkey Our public panel “Kurdish Youth in Turkey and Europe: Identity, Culture, Belonging” is now underway, with @rberfincoskun, @mimkurd, Dr. Barış Öktem, and @aktasbilalata sharing their perspectives on identity, participation, and belonging across different contexts. We appreciate
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@DiyarTSO @ruhavi @rberfincoskun @mimkurd We continue with a talk on The Changing Profile and New-Generation Kurdishness. @ruhavi & @rberfincoskun explore how Kurdish youth in Turkey relate to politics, identity and the state today, questioning whether past assumptions still hold true and sharing plans for a new research
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@DiyarTSO @ruhavi @rberfincoskun @mimkurd @BritishAcademy_ @ESRC @RHUL_Law @YPTurkey We are taking a short break before the afternoon program. 📍Our public panel “Kurdish Youth in Turkey and Europe: Identity, Culture, Belonging” will start at 16:00 at the DTSO Gastro-Innovation Center, @DiyarTSO. 🔗You can register to join via this link:
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@DiyarTSO @ruhavi @rberfincoskun @mimkurd The morning sessions are followed by dynamic discussions, where participants exchange ideas and raise questions on Kurdish youth, politics, and identity. w/ @BritishAcademy_, @ESRC, @RHUL_Law, @YPTurkey, #DYPALL
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@DiyarTSO @ruhavi @rberfincoskun @mimkurd The program continues with a presentation on “Diasporic Kurdish Youth and Transnational Belongings”. @mimkurd & Dr. Barış Öktem explain how young Kurds shape a “digital Kurdish habitus”, balance visibility and security, and create new forms of belonging beyond territory. 📸:
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@DiyarTSO Opening remarks by @ruhavi, @rberfincoskun & @mimkurd welcome participants and set the stage for today’s discussions.
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Happening next week in Amed!
Kürt Çalışmaları Merkezi olarak, Kürt gençler üzerine Türkiye ve Avrupa’da yürütülen çeşitli araştırmaları konuşmak üzere bir panel düzenliyoruz. Kürt gençlerin farklı coğrafyalardaki deneyimlerini ve yerel katılımdaki rollerini tartışacağımız bu nitelikli etkinliğe, konuya ilgi
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📢 Public Seminar in UK Parliament Beyond Distortion & Erasure: Who Are the Kurds? With Historian @SoranHamarash 🗓 Tue 11 Nov 2025 🕔 18:00–19:30 📍 Committee Room 17, Houses of Parliament (Cromwell Green entrance) Chair: Dr. Mashuq Kurt @mimkurd Hamarash, author of The Lost
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Great to be in #Londan , this time for the Kurdish Academic Conference 2025 at @LSEMiddleEast . Topics related Kurdish politics & society has been deeply discussed by scholars. Thanks @LSEMiddleEast for organizing such great conference & looking for more in terms of Kurdistan
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Panel on memory and preservation with Arda Bilgen, Rojda Tugrul, Charlotte Watelet and Mohammad Fatih. #LSEKurdishConference
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Mostafa Khalili, Maruf Cabi, Giulia Navab Daneshmand and Hemn Seyedi are presenting on Iranian Kurdistan/Rojhelat in a historical context. #LSEKurdishConference
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#LSEKurdishConference kickstarts with the keynote address of the Kurdish and Middle East studies doyen Hamit Bozarslan. @LSEMiddleEast
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The new issue is out! ☀️ Volume 3 (2025): Issue 1 (May 2025) https://t.co/FJzU2ztRFg
@Kurdish_Journal
@MarleneSchafers
@asoschia
@mimkurd
@Lauan_al
@jduclosvalois
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📢The new issue of the Kurdish Studies Journal is out now! With articles on the Hiwa Party, the Yezidi Akhtiarate in Georgia, and Amedspor. Plus an interview on Fanon translated into Kurdish and an obituary for Joyce Blau. #KurdishStudies
https://t.co/byk6RwbqPs
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I wrote for the New Arab about the PKK’s disarmament announcement and its implications towards justice and peace.
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👇 https://t.co/U1I8hkb3Zm
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My analysis in The New Arab about the PKK's disarmament announcement. I question whether it is a sincere step towards justice for Kurds or another mirage at times of rapid transformation. @The_NewArab @RHUL_Law @RoyalHolloway
https://t.co/lFJms9z0Mk
newarab.com
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.
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Bon panorama de la situation des #Kurdes entre Syrie, Turquie et Irak (SDF, PKK, KRG) qui explique bien les enjeux, atouts et obstacles d'une unité kurde, par Mashuq Kurt et Bilal Ata Aktas via @ForeignPolicy
https://t.co/M7m1GdyRQP
foreignpolicy.com
Recent thaws in Turkey and Syria show that Kurds are no longer an isolated force.
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