Authoritarianism and Resistance in Turkey

✍ Scribed by Esra Özyürek, Gaye Özpınar, Emrah Altındiş

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 283
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book offers an in-depth overview of Turkish history and politics essential for understanding contemporary Turkey. It presents an analysis on a number of key issues from gender inequality to Islamism to urban regeneration. Based on interviews with leading intellectuals and academics from Turkey, the book’s theme follows the dramatic transformations that have occurred from the 1980 military coup to the coup attempt of 2016 and its aftermath. It further draws attention to the global flows of capital, goods, ideas, and technologies that continue to influence both mainstream and dissident politics. By doing so, the book tries to unsettle the assumption that Erdoğan and his Islamic ideology are the sole actors in contemporary Turkey. This book provides unusual insight into the Turkish society bringing various topics together, and increases the dialogue for people interested in democratic struggles in 21st century under neoliberal authoritarian regimes in general.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Introduction (Esra Özyürek)....Pages 1-8
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
Kemalism and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) (Baskın Oran, Karabekir Akkoyunlu)....Pages 11-18
The 1980 Coup d’État (Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, interviewed by E. Delikanlı)....Pages 19-32
Historicizing the Gezi Protests (Sungur Savran, interviewed by Erol Ülker)....Pages 33-41
Front Matter ....Pages 43-43
Turkey’s Economy Since the 1980 Military Coup (E. Ahmet Tonak, Ümit Akçay)....Pages 45-50
Branding as a Neoliberal Project (Aslı Iğsız, interviewed by Elif Sarı)....Pages 51-61
Urban Transformation in Istanbul (Mücella Yapıcı, interviewed by Esin İleri)....Pages 63-71
Front Matter ....Pages 73-73
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) (Yüksel Taşkın, interviewed by Burak Cop)....Pages 75-80
The Gülen Community and the AKP (Ahmet Şık, interviewed by Deniz Çakırer)....Pages 81-92
Political Islam in Turkey (Hayri Kırbaşoğlu, interviewed by Gülay Türkmen)....Pages 93-104
Front Matter ....Pages 105-105
The Gezi Revolts (Y. Doğan Çetinkaya, interviewed by Bilge Seçkin Çetinkaya)....Pages 107-115
Women’s and Feminist Movements (Aksu Bora, interviewed by Nil Uzun)....Pages 117-123
The LGBTI+ Movement (Evren Savcı, interviewed by Şebnem Keniş, İpek Tabur)....Pages 125-132
The Labor Movement (Aziz Çelik, interviewed by Emrah Altındiş)....Pages 133-145
Environmentalism (Bülent Şık, interviewed by Cana Ulutaş)....Pages 147-151
Front Matter ....Pages 153-153
The Kurdish Movement (Nazan Üstundağ, Interview by Güney Yıldız)....Pages 155-168
The Armenian Genocide (Lerna Ekmekçioğlu, interviewed by Seda Altuğ)....Pages 169-176
Alevi Struggles (Besim Can Zırh, interviewed by Murat Es)....Pages 177-188
Front Matter ....Pages 189-189
A Brief Overview of the Legal System in Turkey (İbrahim Kaboğlu, interviewed by Gaye Özpınar)....Pages 191-201
Human Rights Activism (Şebnem Korur Fincancı, interviewed by Aylin Tekiner)....Pages 203-213
Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey (Fikret İlkiz, interviewed by Defne Över)....Pages 215-227
State and Civilian Violence Against “Dangerous” Others (Tanıl Bora, interviewed by Deniz Yonucu)....Pages 229-235
Front Matter ....Pages 237-237
On Intellectuals and Intellectualism (Pınar Selek, interviewed by Meral Akbaş)....Pages 239-248
Psychology and Social Identity (Cem Kaptanoğlu, interviewed by Bilal Ersoy)....Pages 249-258
Turkish Literature (Jale Parla, interviewed by Mehmet Fatih Uslu, Özge Ertem)....Pages 259-267
Turkish Cinema (Ahsen Deniz Morva Kablamacı, interviewed by Kıvanç Sezer)....Pages 269-277
Art Production in Turkey from 1980s to Today ( Hale Tenger Interviewed, by Isin Önol)....Pages 279-290

✦ Subjects

Social Sciences; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Middle Eastern Politics; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; Cultural Studies