Kurdish regions of northern Syria, paradigmatic discourse shift (identity discourse to geopolitical discourse)

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Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Payame Noor University

Abstract

Following the collapse of the territorial structure in eastern and northern Syria, following terrorist attacks, a region called Syrian Kurdistan appeared on geographic maps and Syrian Kurds linked identity and land, creating a powerful discourse in northern Syria that activated them. Active, created. Creating a nationalist discourse and turning it into a geopolitical discourse has made this geographical unit a viable actor for the squares and subfields deployed in the Syrian crisis. Therefore, the identity of Syrian Kurds has created a geopolitical discourse for them through territorial structures. This research, while analyzing and analyzing the Kurds in the Syrian crisis space, in an analytical / descriptive way, based on the theory of identity and territory, reveals Giving actionThe geopolitical and geopolitical identity of the Syrian Kurds in the northern areas of the country is based on theoretical foundations, disintegrated spaces and geopolitical territorialization. Research findings show that following the geopolitical crisis caused by the ISIL and al-Nusra terrorist groups, the Syrian Kurds have created a strong identity organization in northern Syria, starting with the identity discourse and highlighting A territorial and geopolitical discourse has been transformed, although this identity-seeking process has always been threatened by Turkey and operations such as the Euphrates, the Olive Branch and the Fountain of Peace, but what is perceptible is a component identity uprising. The Syrian Kurds are in an identity geography called Syrian Kurdistan.

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