The neighbourhood forums in Ankara began to convene during the Gezi protests in 2013 and lasted about three years. The activities of Ankara Gezi forums are urban commoning practices in terms of a new set of demands and methods. This paper conceptualises urban commoning practices as method, content, and demand. This framework offers an understanding of urban commoning that is not based on monetary transaction, but focuses on seeing commoning as a social process. Commoning is not ahistorical, rather it is engaged with the historical political potential of urban spaces. Commoning as method discusses organising in commons, commoning as content focuses on the form and meaning of political action, and commoning as demand emphasises the discursive use of right to the city. The case selection of this research enables us to reflect on how urban commoning is experienced in a city under less financial investment pressure, but at the centre of national-level politics. € Oz: Ankara'daki mahalle forumları 2013'teki Gezi eylemleri sırasında bas ßladı ve yaklas ßık € uc ß yıl s€ urd€ u. Ankara Gezi forumlarının faaliyetleri, yeni talepler ve y€ ontemler ac ßısından kentsel m€ us ßterekles ßme pratikleri olarak incelenebilir. Bu makale, kentsel m€ us ßterekles ßme uygulamalarını y€ ontem, ic ßerik ve talep olarak kavramsallas ßtırmaktadır. Bu kavramsal c ßerc ßeve, m€ us ßterekles ßme parasal ilis ßkilere dayanmayan bir toplumsal s€ urec ß olarak g€ ormeye odaklanan bir anlayıs ß sunar. M€ us ßterekles ßme de gis ßime kapalı bir kavram olarak de gil, tam tersine yerelin tarihsel politik potansiyeli ile do grudan ilis ßkilidir. Bir y€ ontem olarak m€ us ßterekles ßme € org€ utlenme pratiklerini ifade eder; ic ßerik olarak m€ us ßterekles ßme siyasi eylemin bic ßimine ve anlamına odaklanır; ve, talep olarak m€ us ßterekles ßme, kent hakkı s€ oylemininin pratik kullanımlarını ifade eder. Bu aras ßtırmanın vaka sec ßimi, kentsel m€ us ßterekles ßmenin k€ uresel kozmopolit kentlere g€ ore daha az finansal yatırım baskısı altında, ancak ulusal d€ uzeydeki politikanın merkezinde olan bir yerelde nasıl deneyimlendi gine odaklanmıs ßtır.
China's new Silk Road policy, titled BOne Belt, One Road,^signals a proactive turn in China's regional policy towards Central and West Asia. The policy has two dimensions: First, China aims to revitalize the old Silk Road exchange of goods, ideas, and people with trade, energy, and transportation projects. Second, armed with these new connections, China aims to redefine the territories the old Silk Road encompasses as a region in the contemporary international system. Turkey, as one of the countries at the westernmost end of the historic Silk Road, and one of the target countries of China's new Silk Road diplomacy, welcomes the increasing economic and technological exchange with China. Establishing better contacts with China fits suitably in Turkey's new foreign policy orientation. While the foreign policies of the two countries seem to be compatible, Turkish domestic political dynamics and public opinion hinder further engagement between the two ends of the Silk Road. The negative public opinion towards China manifests itself in the form of media coverage, protests and lobbying and, at times, it derails bilateral relations. This paper assesses the prospects for bilateral relations in the light of these developments. The paper starts with a historical analysis of Sino-Turkish relations and proceeds with various dimensions of the current relations. Then, it provides an analysis of various public opinion surveys in order to grasp the nature of the Turkish public opinion towards China, and it offers a media framing analysis in order to decipher the specific ways the image of China is constructed in Turkish public opinion. The last part of the paper discusses the domestic political actors that have a role in the perceptions and policies toward China in Turkey.
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