Questioning the ‘immortal state’: the Gezi protests and the short-lived human security moment in Turkey

Göksel, Oğuzhan; Tekdemir, Omer

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“…The HDP consisted of Kurdish activists of all stripes but also appealed to a wider civil society, including segments of the non-Kemalist Turkish left. For more details on the HDP as an indispensable actor in Turkish politics, see Göksel and Tekdemir (2018); Tekdemir (2016).…”

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The Kurdish Struggle in Turkey as a “Total Social Movement”, 2013-2015

Sen¹

2018

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The Kurdish movement’s decision to operate within and in opposition to the Turkish state reached a peak between 2013 and 2015. Three major events took place during this time period: the launch of the 2013 peace process, the 2014 presidential elections, and the June 2015 general elections. The principal driving force behind these campaigns was an important project put forward by Kurdish activists, which they termed as Türkiyelileşme [Turkeyfication]: an inclusive definition of national identity, which accepted being an integral part of Turkey while at the same time belonging to an ethnic group other than Turkish.Basing the argument on the Kurdish activists’ capacity to combine civil society activism and their promotion of democracy with the articulation of a national identity, this article considers the dynamics of the Kurdish movement along the lines of a “total social movement” between 2013 and 2015. Put forward by the sociologist Alain Touraine, a total social movement is a three-dimensional movement with social, political and national levels of action. It embodies fierce opposition between adversaries, but does not opt for violence no matter what the challenges are.

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“…Istanbul"s Gezi Park in May 2013, the Gezi protests turned out to be a large wave of demonstrations asking for more civil liberties. For more details, see Göksel and Tekdemir (2018). 31.…”

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The Kurdish Struggle in Turkey as a “Total Social Movement”, 2013-2015

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2018

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“…Gezi has also facilitated the rapprochement between segments of the Turkish Left and Kurdish politics. 83 Young groups of CHP supporters developed the 'Occupy CHP' initiative 'launching passive resistance activities within CHP buildings,' 84 an act that was welcomed by the CHP administration yet such horizontal practices were never formalized by the CHP. 85 Even in non-deliberative political settings such as the semi-authoritarian and low social capital setting in the Turkish case, public forums can become significant actors within a deliberative system, consisting of a web of multiple public forums, civil society organizations, social movements and alternative news sources.…”

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Deliberating in difficult times: lessons from public forums in Turkey in the aftermath of the Gezi protests

Ugur‐Cinar

Gunduz-Arabaci

2018

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

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This study examines the prospects of public deliberation in a semiauthoritarian political context and unfavourable political cultural setting through an in-depth analysis of three public forums taking place in the aftermath of the 2013 Gezi Protests. This analysis shows that while the gains of deliberation in terms of influencing policy decision-making are limited, significant gains can still be reached in terms of creating a more civic public and a more strongly connected civil society that keeps its linkages with social movements. The study also finds that such forums can help create dialogue among distant segments of the society even though such interactions are still rather modest. These findings have implications for public deliberation in other non-deliberative settings as they open new areas of research in terms of the prospects of such forums in increasing social capital, pluralism and civicness.

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“…6 Over the course of less than a decade, the discourse of Turkish democratic model has disintegrated. Perhaps the first dramatic demonstration of the illiberal populist character of the -New Turkey‖ occurred when the AKP administration heavy-handedly repressed the 2013 Gezi Park protests (Öncü 2013;Gürcan and Peker 2014;Göksel and Tekdemir 2018). Later the -Peace Process‖ between the AKP administration and the Kurdish-led HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) collapsed in the summer of 2015, followed by ever-intensifying restrictions on the freedom of expression as seen in the case of the Academics for Peace petition in 2016 (Baser et al 2017;Tekdemir et al 2018;Aksu Tanık 2018).…”

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Foreign Policy Making in the Age of Populism: The Uses of Anti-Westernism in Turkish Politics

Göksel¹

2019

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Many foreign policy analysts portray leaders as “chief negotiators” responsible for delicately sustaining a balancing act between the interests of their domestic constituents and the wishes of extra-national actors (e.g. other governments, international organisations, multinational companies). This depiction may accurately explain the behaviour of decision-makers in liberal democratic societies, but foreign policy making function differently in illiberal populist polities. This article argues that contemporary Turkey constitutes an illiberal populist regime where foreign policy making is subjugated to domestic policy concerns, and an assertive anti-Western foreign policy rhetoric is often systematically employed to generate public support to the incumbent AKP (Justice and Development Party) administration. Using the AKP’s 2017 Constitutional Referendum campaign as a case study, I suggest that anti-Westernism is an effective discourse to garner domestic support under illiberal populism.

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Questioning the ‘immortal state’: the Gezi protests and the short-lived human security moment in Turkey

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The Kurdish Struggle in Turkey as a “Total Social Movement”, 2013-2015

The Kurdish Struggle in Turkey as a “Total Social Movement”, 2013-2015

Deliberating in difficult times: lessons from public forums in Turkey in the aftermath of the Gezi protests

Foreign Policy Making in the Age of Populism: The Uses of Anti-Westernism in Turkish Politics

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