This Bachelor Thesis seeks to explore the effects of temporality and timing on the advancement of the dynamics between ethnic nationalist movements and the state. It investigates traditional...Show moreThis Bachelor Thesis seeks to explore the effects of temporality and timing on the advancement of the dynamics between ethnic nationalist movements and the state. It investigates traditional theories of contentious politics and aims to merge these with highly influential temporal tools of historical institutionalism. As the largest stateless population in the world, the Kurds and their Kurdish nationalist movement present an effective case study. This research focuses on the Kurdish nationalist movements in Iraq and Türkiye. Herein, the Iraqi branch is considered discernibly more successful than the Turkish branch. This juxtaposition poses a perfect opportunity to dissect historical processes and identify crucial differences that might help to understand how some ethnic nationalist movements become more successful than others. The analysis employs the tools of historical institutionalism and consequently, critical juncture theory in order to evaluate crucial differences and similarities between Türkiye and Iraq. It is found that political opportunity structures, timing temporality are important factors, as well as the assertion of essentialist identity politics. This thesis engages in historical process research to discover the factors that structurally impacted the current achievements of Iraqi Kurds as opposed to the Turkish Kurds.Show less
