The aim of this article is to analyze Turkey's recent authoritarian transformation from a critical
political economy perspective and to examine the main determinants of, what we call, the …

This article introduces a collection of articles that explore the role of religion (Sunni Islam) in
the transformation of Turkey under the reign of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his …

Silence in the context of work has different meanings across different settings. Turbulence
induced by the privatisation of previously state‐owned enterprises presents a curious setting …

This article aims to explain the political-economic character of the increasing suicides in
Turkey since 2018 that stem from indebtedness, poverty, and unemployment. It frames the …

In recent decades, rural livelihood has been restructured dramatically in the Global South as
a result of neoliberal transformations such as the removal of state subsidies for small‐scale …

The neighbourhood forums in Ankara began to convene during the Gezi protests in 2013
and lasted about three years. The activities of Ankara Gezi forums are urban commoning …

This paper aims to explore the growing and deepening trend of politics of repression
coupled with prolonged crisis and austerity politics, reflecting on the potentials as well as …

During the early years of the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development
Party, AKP), Turkey was seen as a burgeoning democratic power propped up by economic …

Privatizations and the liquidation of various public institutions were essential to the
acceleration of the neoliberal transformation in Turkey in the 2000s. In this context, this …

This chapter is motivated by the need to understand the dynamics of the authoritarianism
discussions and to point out the conceptual and theoretical drawbacks of existing analyses …