CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Avetikyan, Gevorg Galust |
|---|---|
| Title | Ethnicity in Contemporary Islamic Republic of Iran: the Case of 'South Azarbaijan' |
| Summary | The media coverage of issues related with the Islamic Republic of Iran during the recent few years has been almost limited to the sole problem of nuclear power and alleged plans of creating weapons of mass destruction, while many other issues including nationalism and minorities in Iran have seemed to be out of sight. However, claims about the existence of major problems such as unfair treatment of minorities have been repeatedly declared and an entire network of modern resources such as internet web-sites has grown to raise the issue of Arabs, Kurds, Baluchis, Turkmens and Turkic speaking Iranian Azarbaijanis. The latter have been called Azeris or Azerbaijanis and often identified with the population of the Republic of Azerbaijan just across the state border to the north of Iran. The current research is aiming to look at the specific case of the Azarbaijani Turkish nationalism in Iran questioning the appropriateness of the term "South Azerbaijan" as well as the relevancy of the accent the Azarbaijani nationalists and foreign authors and media have put upon the issue, which, as the thesis would argue and imply, is primarily a matter of Iranian interior affairs between the central government and its subjects. |
| Supervisor | Pelinka, Anton |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/avetikyan_gevorg.pdf |
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