Kurdish Question and Turkish-Iranian Relations
Robert Olson ( December 14,1940 - October 13, 2023 )
Quick Overview
This is the first book in Mazda Publishers' new Kurdish Studies Series. It focuses on the “Kurdish Question,” i.e., the trans-state aspects of the challenge of Kurdish nationalism on Turkish-Iranian relations since WWI. It emphasizes the period of the Iraq-Iran war (1980-88) and the Persian Gulf War (1991). The book stresses the impact of the Kurdish question on the Kurdish Problem, i.e., the challenge of Kurdish nationalism on the domestic politics of both Turkey and Iran.
Robert Olson ( December 14,1940 - October 13, 2023 )
Robert Olson was Professor of Middle East history and politics at the University of Kentucky (Emeritus). He was the author of more that ten books of various aspects of Middle East history and politics. His major books are: The Siege of Mosul and Ottoman- Persian Relations: 1718-1743; The Emergence of Kurdish Nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion: 1880-1925; Turkey's Relations with Iran, 1979-2004;The Kurdish Question and Turkish-Iranian Relations:From World I to 2000; Blood, Beliefs and Ballots: The Management of Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey, 2007-2000; The Kurdish Nationalist Movements in Turkey: 1980-2011; The Goat and the Butcher: Nationalism and State Formation in Kurdistan-Iraq since the Iraqi War War. He was also the author of 75 referred research articles and 60 edited research articles. He was distinguished Professor of the University of Kentucky in 2000.