03289cam a2200481 i 4500 1147912230 TxAuBib 180620s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018948936 9781629636511 1629636517 (OCoLC)1049823148 YDX eng YDX rda BDX OCLCQ UKMGB OCLCF JTH OCLCO PUL CIJ DLC TxAuBib rda eng ger Schmidinger, Thomas, 1974-, author. Kampf um den Berg der Kurden English. The battle for the mountain of the Kurds : self-determination and ethnic cleansing in the Afrin Region of Rojava / Thomas Schmidinger ; translated by Michael Schiffman. Oakland, CA : PM, [2019] xviii, 146 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Kairos Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-138) and index. Afrin and the ""mountain of the Kurds"" -- population and language -- religous communities -- history -- democractic confederalism in the canton of Afrin 00 development of the canton of Afrin from 2012 to 2018 -- Kurdish enclaves in the Afrin area -- The war against Afrin -- Voices from Afrin -- What next? ""In early 2018, Turkey invaded the autonomous Kurdish region of Afrin in Syria and is currently threatening to ethnically cleanse the region. Between 2012 and 2018, the 'Mountain of the Kurds' (Kurd Dagh) had been one of the quietest regions in a country otherwise torn by civil war. After the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the Syrian army withdrew from the region, enabling the Party of Democratic Union (PYD) to introduce a Kurdish self-administration and later to establish the Canton Afrin as one of the three parts of the heavily Kurdish Democratic Federation of North-Syria, or Rojava. This self-administration, which had seen multi-party elections in 2017, included autonomy for a number of ethnic and religious groups, and provided a safe haven for up to 300,000 Syrian refugees, is now at risk of being annihilated. In this volume, Schmidinger provides a comprehensive history of the region and gives inhabitants of a variety of ethnicities, religions, political orientations, and walks of life the opportunity to speak for themselves. As things stand now, the book might seem to be in danger of becoming an epitaph for the 'Mountain of the Kurds,' but as the author writes, 'the battle for the Mountain of the Kurds is far from over yet.'"" -- Amazon.com. Translated from German. Civil War (Syria : 2011.) 2000-2099. Kurds History 21st century. Kurds. Military history. Afrin (Syria) History 21st century. Turkey History, Military 21st century. Turkey. Syria History Civil War, 2011- Participation, Turkish. Syria. Syria. Afrin. History. Grubacic, Andrej, author of introduction. Schiffmann, Michael, translator. Kairos.