In Queer in Translation, Evren Savcı analyzes the travel and translation of Western LGBT
political terminology to Turkey in order to illuminate how sexual politics have unfolded under …

This article argues that in the AKP era, gender and sexuality play a central role in reshaping
the secular-religious divide to instil 'yeni milli'(new national)–or as AKP members call it,'yerli …

With the rise to power of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the early 2000s in
Turkey, the headscarf that used be looked down upon by the secular middle and upper …

This paper examines the localization process of the global gender equality norm in Turkey
and argues that the normative contestations on this concern, among rival political blocs and …

The aim of this dissertation is to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between
women's activism and the politics of gender by investigating Kemalist feminism in Turkey as …

This article provides a case study regarding struggles over framing gender violence as a
political issue. It looks at how gender violence initially entered political discourse and state …

This article discusses the ways in which power-based socio-political shifts in Turkey during
the AKP (Justice and Development Party) era transnationally influence the relations …

In this article, I analyze two media campaigns that have defended opposite positions about
the amendments on alimony legislation in Turkey. The alimony debates reveal ongoing …

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 …

This dissertation is a case study of struggles over framing gendered violence as a political
issue. This archival research covers twenty-five years of Turkish political discourse and …