In light of long-term ethnographic fieldwork in the Diyarbakır Hewsel Gardens, a UNESCO
Heritage Site located in Kurdistan in Turkey, this article proposes the concept of “resistant …

In this article, I track a housing scheme introduced in Hyderabad, India, to redevelop slums
(in situ) into two-bedroom apartments. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, I argue that …

Kurdish smugglers have been targeted and killed by security forces in Turkey's Van
borderlands systematically and with impunity. In response, the killed smugglers' families and …

After the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, Turkey rapidly adjusted its national security
strategies to align with the principles of a security state, resulting in a notable increase in …

Offering a political epistemology of collective mourning Focusing on forms of improper burial
in Turkey and Latin America, Ege Selin Islekel argues that a political technology of mourning …

On 19 December 2017, the governorship declared a curfew in Oleka Jor village of Tatvan
district in Bitlis, Northern Kurdistan. During the curfew, F16 jets of Turkish Military Forces …

Inspired by a Danez Smith poem, this essay is a 'little prayer'for LGBTQIA+ people and
organizers to be able to collectively grieve the family and friends they have lost, the relations …

This study presents an ethnographic exploration of subjective experiences relying on
different historicizations and the ways they inform the connections between law and justice …

This book pursues a critical perspective on the phenomenon of state violence and its legal
unaccountability. Focusing on the role of myths, assumptions and ghosts that surround the …

This report documents and analyzes four parliamentary commissions of inquiry, formed
between 1997 and 2013, to investigate issues related to political violence and human rights …