Can Islamism, as is often claimed, truly unite Muslim Turks and Kurds in a discourse that supersedes ethnicity? This is a volatile and exciting time for a country whose long history has been characterized by dramatic power play.

Dr. Christopher Houston Lecturer in Anthropology,University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Part I Global Cities, National Projects, Local Identities 1 Localities in Kuzguncuk Suburban Sequestration and the Making of Alternative 2 Civilizing Islam and Uncivil Laicism 3 Islamist Populism, Social Distinction and Class 4 Carnival and the Staging of History 5 Part II Turkish Republicanism and its Islamist Interrogator 6 Practice and Narrative Ideal The Kurdish Problem: Assimilation as a Legislative 7 Profane Knowledge: Kurdish Diaspora in the Turkish 8 City Part III Islamist Politics and Ethnic Cleansing 9 Islamism Islamist Responses to the Kurdish Problem: Statist, 10 According to Islamist Discourse 11 A Plague on Both Your Houses! The Kurdish Problem 12 Allah Delights in Diversity: Kurdish Islamism on the Kurdish Question 13 Conclusion: Islamist