Youth and active citizenship in Turkey: engagement, participation and emancipation

Bee, Cristiano; Kaya, Ayhan

doi:10.1080/14683857.2016.1232893

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“…In line with the findings of recent research (Bee and Kaya 2017a;Chrona and Capelos 2017; Erdoğan and Uyan-Semerci 2017; Gümüş 2017;Lüküslü 2012Lüküslü , 2016Kayaoğlu 2017), it can be argued that the necessary conformism (Lüküslü 2013) characterizing Turkish young people is not explained by indifference, apathy or disengagement but instead participation is mostly expressed through non-conventional modalities (Isin 2009). More specifically, these studies have focused on various complex patterns, key for understanding the transformation of Turkish society by taking young people as a critical case study.…”

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The civic and political participation of young people in a context of heightened authoritarianism. The case of Turkey

Bee

2019

Journal of Youth Studies

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Applying insights from research on civic and political participation, this study focuses on the effects that the recent authoritarian turn taken by Turkey had on the expression of participatory behaviours by young people. The analysis brings about a number of contentious issues and intertwines two recent dynamics. First of all recent events (such as the protests associated with the occupygezi movement) show that youth in Turkey are extremely important players and political actors. Secondly, however, the authoritarian turn taken by the country under the AKP's governance resulted in serious and alarming limitations to the exercise of basic freedoms and hence participatory behaviours. Based on the results of 40 semi-structured interviews with young people involved in civil society organisations, the article discusses three aspects: young people's view of active citizenship; the instruments of empowerment that stimulate participatory behaviours and the significance attributed by young people to different means of civic and political participation. The analysis reveals the complexity of active citizenship in a context of heightened authoritarianism and underlines the constraints put on the exercise of civic and political participation by the current government. It also unpacks the alarming consequences of the AKP agenda on the expression of freedoms, with a particular focus on the repression of participatory behaviours.

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The civic and political participation of young people in a context of heightened authoritarianism. The case of Turkey

Bee

2019

Journal of Youth Studies

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“…Based on the contribution on school engagement elaborated by Fredricks et al ( 2004 ), authors such as Woods-McConney et al ( 2014 ) and Grabau and Ma ( 2017 ) suggested that science engagement is a multidimensional concept that comprises, at least, three components: (a) the behavioral, which refers to participation in science or science-related activities, both formally and informally; (b) the emotional, which embraces (positive or negative) affective responses to science, but also attitudes in science, including interest, boredom, happiness, sadness, and anxiety; (c) the cognitive, related to the extent to which students are willing to develop science concepts and skills, their motivation, self-regulation, and their interest and investment in learning and schooling. Science participation is therefore only one of the science engagement components (Woods-McConney et al, 2014 ), related to “…how individuals become involved in something or with someone, such as science/scientist…” (Wong, 2016 , p. 117); this notion has a behavioral nature, implying the activation of particular actions, mainly the action of taking part in science, either as an individual or as a part of a community (Bee & Kaya, 2017 ), within and beyond the context of the school (DeWitt & Archer, 2017 ).…”

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Scientific Literacy and Social Transformation

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2021

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The paper provides a systematic theoretical analysis of the main visions of the concept of scientific literacy developed in the last 20 years. It is described as a transition from a transmissive educational vision of scientific literacy (Vision-I) to a transformative vision (Vision-III), with a stronger engagement with social participation and emancipation. Using conceptual tools from sociology and the philosophy of education, the notions of science participation and emancipation associated with transformative Vision-III are critically analyzed in order to draw attention to the growing need to define them with greater accuracy as key conceptual components of scientific literacy. Without such an approach, it will be difficult for science education to materialize and consolidate educational actions that are pedagogically sound, culturally and socially sensitive, and coherent with the social transformation of the diverse conditions of oppression. It is concluded that Vision-III should include both a broad conception of participation, which makes visible the invisible and informal acts performed by diverse groups to build society, and an alternative notion of emancipation committed to liberation.

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“…2000'lerden bu yana aynı zamanda hükümet güdümlü/destekli STK'lar özellikle gençlik, kadın, eğitim ve aile gibi alanlarda genişlerken (Yabancı, 2019: 287) devlete muhalif STK'lar ve devlet arasında çekişmeli ilişki devam etmektedir (Doyle, 2017;Yabancı 2019). 2013 yılında Gezi protestoları sonrasında sivil alan daralırken (Yabancı, 2019) aynı zamanda da sivil katılım ve aktif vatandaşlık pratiklerinde dönüşümler de yaşanmıştır (Bee ve Kaya, 2017;Çakmaklı, 2021). 2016 yılında yaşanan darbe girişimi sonrası, olağanüstü hal ilan edilmiştir ve siyasi katılım caydırılarak STK'ların faaliyetleri kısıtlanmıştır (Yabancı, 2019;Yabancı, 2022).…”

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Türkiye’de İnsan Hakları Temelli Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları ve Mobilizasyon Stratejileri: Gözlemleyici, Norm-Dönüştürücü ve Kanun Yapıcı Bir Sivil Toplum İdeali

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Various players in the human rights arena range from social movements and grassroots organizations to bar associations, business associations, and informal networks. As one of the most influential actors, civil society organizations (CSOs) perform multiple functions for establishing, protecting, and advancing human rights at the national and international levels. This study aims to examine the activities and mobilization strategies of human rights organizations in Turkey. Drawing on the work of Glasius, I argue that even though Turkish domestic human rights organizations have been vocal as human rights monitors and norm shifters, they remain marginal actors as lawmakers in promoting and protecting human rights. While human rights organizations use naming and shaming and litigation strategies in human rights monitoring, framing is commonly used in norm-shifting, and advocacy strategies are used in law-making. This study focuses on documents of CSOs by using the content analysis method and contributes to academic discussions by examining the relationship between human rights and civil society in Turkey.

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Youth and active citizenship in Turkey: engagement, participation and emancipation

Cited by 20 publications

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The civic and political participation of young people in a context of heightened authoritarianism. The case of Turkey

The civic and political participation of young people in a context of heightened authoritarianism. The case of Turkey

Scientific Literacy and Social Transformation

Türkiye’de İnsan Hakları Temelli Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları ve Mobilizasyon Stratejileri: Gözlemleyici, Norm-Dönüştürücü ve Kanun Yapıcı Bir Sivil Toplum İdeali

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