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The book On the Kurdish Society (Articles Before 1971) was first published by Yurt Kitap-Yayın in April 1993. İBV republishes the book.
There are huge differences in content, views and thoughts between the books and articles published before 1971 and those written and published after 1974.
In the March 12 regime, the trials at the Diyarbakır-Siirt Provinces Martial Law Command Military Court are a very important turning point. Realizing and criticizing the official ideological institution has been a major factor in perceiving and explaining the Kurd/Kurdistan phenomenon and problem. Publications after 1974-1975 developed within this framework. Undoubtedly, they are much more accurate publications. This situation was also stated in the preface of the August 1992 edition of the book Change and Structural Problems in the East, Nomadic Alikan Tribe.
Published before 1971, Change and Structural Problems in the East, Nomadic Alikan Tribe, Order of Eastern Anatolia, Socio-Economic and Ethnic Foundations, Analysis of Eastern Rallies (1967), People in Eastern Anatolia It is necessary to read and evaluate books such as "On the Tribes of the Migraine Kurds" and "On the Kurdish Society" in this context.
There are huge differences in opinion and thought between the books and articles published before 1971 and, for example, those published in 1975 and later, in the 1990s. The reader may wonder about these changes in the author's thought and attitude. The reader's questioning of these changes, thinking about their reasons, and evaluating the facts and factual relationships from these aspects is an important dynamic that will enrich our knowledge.
