David / Toktamis Everywhere Taksim

Sowing the Seeds for a New Turkey at Gezi
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-90-485-2639-0
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Protest and Social Movements

In May 2013, a small group of protesters made camp in Istanbul's Taksim Square, protesting the privatisation of what had long been a vibrant public space. When the police responded to the demonstration with brutality, the protests exploded in size and force, quickly becoming a massive statement of opposition to the Turkish regime. This book assembles a collection of field research, data, theoretical analyses, and cross-country comparisons to show the significance of the protests both within Turkey and throughout the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

David, Isabel

Toktamis, Kumru

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cover Contents Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Isabel David and Kumru F. Toktamis Bibliography Section I – Gezi Protests and Democratisation Kumru F. Toktamis 2007 – Nation-Evoking Demonstrations Gezi – Summer 2013 Conclusion Bibliography Introduction: Gezi and Rumi’s Elephant in the Dark The Politics of Public Space in Urban Turkey: Taksim Square, Proscenium of the Nation The Carnivalesque Citizenship of the Çapulcu Gezi and the Discontents of Neoliberal Globalisation Conclusion: Gezi and the Decoupling of Liberalism and Democracy in Turkey Bibliography Turkish Case: Political Change and Gezi Park Protests The Common Denominator of the Protests in Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina Bibliography Section II – The Political Economy of Protests Umut Bozkurt Neoliberal Populism and the AKP Rule The Explosion of Social Assistance Programmes The Symbolic/Ideological Sources of the Party’s Hegemony The AKP’s Hegemony after the Gezi Protests Conclusion Bibliography Baris Alp Özden and Ahmet Bekmen Neoliberal Populism, AKP and PT Depoliticising the Question of Poverty Deradicalising Labour Preliminary Reflections on the Protests Bibliography Re-thinking Neoliberalism in Turkey under AKP Rule Re-thinking the Gezi Park Protests: What did the Protestors Actually Protest? Conclusion Bibliography Section III – Protesters and Repertoires of Protests Background to the Gezi Park Protests Social Psychological Perspectives on Collective Action Creating a Group from the Crowd ‘We Are More than Alliances between Groups’: An Identity-based Analysis of the Gezi Park Protest Activists Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Methodology The Political Context of Turkish Football The Hyper-Commodification of Turkish Football Politicisation of Football Fans in Turkey Fans’ Reasons for Joining the Gezi Protests Discussion Bibliography Background What is a Graffito? The Features of the Graffiti Collected around Gezi Park The Role and the Function of Graffiti and Humour: A Short Conceptual Overview The Graffiti in Gezi Park: Humour or Resistance, or Humour as Resistance? Delivering Messages through Humour Erdogan in Graffiti Counterstatement or Intertextual Graffiti Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Social Movement Communities and Social Movement Spillover New Social Movements in Turkey Methodology Aversive Attitude towards Conventional Political Organisations Ability to Organise Horizontally and to Accommodate Individual Differences Ability to Work with Diverse Political Groups and Cooperate with Strangers Ability to Transfer Protest Skills The Gezi Protests as a Paradigm-Shifting Event with Respect to the Older Generation’s Perception of the Relationship between Youth and Politics Conclusion Bibliography Section IV – The Politics of Space and Identity at Gezi Ahu Karasulu ‘Essentials Are Thus Cast Up’: Space and Contention ‘(New Elements) Become Briefly Visible in Luminous Transparency’: Spatial Claims ‘Events Belie Forecasts’: Concluding Remarks Bibliography Introduction The Objects of the Protests The Place of Religion in the Protests The Position of Religious People in the Protests Democratisation vs. Polarisation Conclusion Bibliography Introduction The Turkish Institutional Approach to Intervention in the Urban Environment AKP’s Neoliberal Project: Taming the Commons by Taming the City AKP’s Reliance on the Construction Sector Commodification of Culture and Monopolization of Narratives: Branding the City Rewriting History Gezi: Mapping the Space Reclaimed and the Victory of the Commons The Value of Resistance in and for a Park: Creating New Senses of Belonging Responses to the Militarisation of Space: The Return of the Commons Conclusion Bibliography Section V – Gezi in an International Context Bahar Baser Diffusion of Gezi Spirit to the Transnational Space Creating ‘Gezi Parks’ in Europe Conclusion Bibliography Introduction The Normative Meaning of Gezi Postponing Negotiations on Chapter 22 Negotiations on Chapter 22 and beyond Conclusion Bibliography List of Contributors Index

Über Autor(innen)

David, Isabel
Isabel David is Assistant Professor at the School of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon). Her research focuses on Turkish politics, Turkey-EU relations and collective action. She is currently editing a publication on Post-Islamism in Turkey.

Toktamis, Kumru
Kumru F. Toktamis, PhD, is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Her research focuses on State Formation, Nationalism, Ethnicity and Collective Action. In 2014, she published a book chapter on Tribes and Democratization/De-Democratization in Libya.

David Isabel:
Isabel David is Assistant Professor at the School of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon). Her research focuses on Turkish politics, Turkey-EU relations and collective action. She is currently editing a publication on Post-Islamism in Turkey.Toktamis Kumru:
Kumru F. Toktamis, PhD, is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Her research focuses on State Formation, Nationalism, Ethnicity and Collective Action. In 2014, she published a book chapter on Tribes and Democratization/De-Democratization in Libya.