This study explores who Turkish citizens view as the Other, their perceptions, evaluations,
and the degree of Othering of these groups in the private and public spheres. Drawing from …

Held in an environment of growing social polarisation, fears of emergent authoritarianism,
and economic challenges, Turkey's June 2015 election ended the Adalet ve Kalkınma …

Attempts to explain the electoral and economic success of the Justice and Development
Party (AKP) in Turkey usually refer to its integration of neoliberalism and a 'protestant …

This paper analyses the 2013 Gezi Park movement in Turkey that began with localised
resistance to government plans to raze a historical public park in central Istanbul. The …

This article has three interrelated objectives: firstly, it challenges monolithic depictions of the
2013 Gezi protests and conceptualizes the so-called 'Spirit of Gezi'as a highly influential …

The policing of riots and uprisings poses severe challenges to the police. Yet the police are
often culpable in the disturbances touched off by a precipitating incident of police violence or …

Depending on the increasing social and environmental problems, corporate social
responsibility (CSR) has been promoted by both national and international bodies to …

New perspectives on ethnic relations, Islam and neoliberalism have emerged in Turkey
since the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002. Placing the period within …

This chapter proposes reconsidering the historical stance for environmental conservation as
an internal and necessary constituent of a struggle for life and livelihood, which is a socio …

During the summer of 2013, Turkey witnessed the largest protest movement in the history of
the republic. The protests began with environmentalist concerns to save a public park in …