Border people’s border perception: The case of Shemdinli (Shemdinan)
Border people’s border perception: The case of Shemdinli (Shemdinan)

Author(s): Ferhat Tekin
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, International relations/trade, Migration Studies, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: borders; peoples perception; Shemdinli; Nation-State borders; Gerdi Tribe; Middle-Eastern geography;
Summary/Abstract: Whether it is territorial or sociopolitical, the border is a sociological factor that gains its significance and function from the people it divides. In other words, it functions as the main instrument for all types of categorizations (social, political, ideological etc.). There is no doubt that demarcating has been an act since the early history of humankind. Individuals, groups, societies or political entities marked borders in almost all periods in order to determine themselves. However, the determination of borders based on soil is completely a modern fact and the rigid and sharp lines are also unique to the modern nation-state.

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