Every Saturday precisely at noon, a crowd of mothers gathers in front of the gates of Lycée
de Galatasaray, a prominent francophone high school situated at the center of Istanbul's …

The election of June 7 was a watershed moment in Turkey because the success of the
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) practically eliminated an anti-democratic electoral …

In Police, Provocation, Politics, Deniz Yonucu presents a counterintuitive analysis of
contemporary policing practices, focusing particular attention on the incitement of …

Exploring the divergent aspects of the rule of neoliberalism in Turkey since 1980s, each
chapter in this book highlights a specific dimension of this socio-economic process and …

A fine-grained ethnography exploring the sociopolitical power of Kurdish women's voices in
contemporary Turkey.“Raise your voice!” and “Speak up!” are familiar refrains that assume …

This study presents a new theoretical framework for understanding one of the ways in which
populists generate support in elections. It argues that populist movements securitize …

Analyses Turkey's precarious democracy from the perspective of its entwinement with
violenceBrings together 11 case studies that take up different forms of violence which …

" Insurgent movements need a degree of popular support to survive in the medium to long
term. It's an insight long acknowledged and put into practice by both rebels and those tasked …

In Violent Intimacies, Aslı Zengin traces how trans people in Turkey creatively negotiate and
resist everyday cisheteronormative violence. Drawing on the history and ethnography of the …

Abstract'What is the contemporary?'Reflecting on this question Agamben argues that one
who is contemporary should actively perceive 'the darkness of his time as something that …