Environmental fight may not be just an environmental fight: Dersim, Kurdish Alevis and the state’s policies of homogenization

• In Event: Violence and Displacement in Environmental Governance

Brief Overview

The presentation focuses on the Turkish state's homogenization policies through the environmental attacks on Dersim, such as intensive dam constructions, forest fires, heavy bombardments and resistance through environmental struggle.

Author

• Dilsa Deniz, University of California San Diego