During the urban clashes between Kurdish militants and Turkish state forces in 2015-2016,
young politicized social media users in Istanbul witnessed and experienced political …

Increasingly large numbers of women in Turkey have suffered abuse or lost their lives
through attacks by men. In 2019 alone, 474 women were killed by men. Based on theories of …

This analysis looks at images of Kurdish female fighters in social media. It argues that
Kurdish female fighters have been objectified by international media and Kurdish politicians …

On July 9, 2014, a new and striking hashtag appeared on the timelines of Turkish-speaking
social media users:# KadınKatliamıVar, meaning,“There is a massacre of women.” The …

Despite the steady growth of authoritarianism, image activism is persistent and vibrant in
Turkey. This paper examines how activists/artists used the production and circulation of …

This article examines the dissemination of images of mutilated and humiliated dead bodies
of 'others' and reactions of Twitter users to these images as dehumanizing practices. When …

Political Violence in Media: A case study of the media framing of the Kurdish female fighters in
Northern Iraq and Syria Page 1 Political Violence in Media: A case study of the media framing …

Imagine a scene is in Kabatas, a neighbourhood in the middle of Istanbul. Between seventy
and one hundred frenzied men come from the direction of Gezi Park, shouting and singing …

With the uprising of the Arab Spring in Syria in 2011, a myriad of news articles covering
Syrian people'protests were published in the international media. However, it was after the …

This article is based on our research, in which we examine the interplay between political
protest and street art practices in Turkey with specific reference to the recent 'Occupy …