Over the past decade, as ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) initiated Turkey's
authoritarian populist turn, it sought to derive legitimacy through extra-institutional avenues …

Abstract In Istanbul's history, Taksim Square has always been an identity place for activists,
similar to Tahrir Square in Cairo or Maidan in Kiev, but this paper points out that the Gezi …

This article defines the Gezi insurgency as a case of 'counter-conduct'with a heterotopia in a
Foucauldian sense and compares it with similar movements to underline its peculiarity. It …

Chapter 7 explores the critical discussions in the literature on youth political participation
with respect to the conceptualizations of participation and politics. Drawing upon this review …

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose political career first came to the fore when he became the
Mayor of Istanbul in 1994, has had consecutive efforts to define Istanbul. In 2009, the Justice …

At a time that direct action ever more effectively mediates political experience across the
world, this dissertation, The Inappropriable People of Gezi: Refusal, Protest, Desire, offers …

This chapter examines the trajectory of international solidarity activity with those demanding
democracy and rule of law in Turkey over a five-year period, from the Gezi protests in the …