Based on the analysis of a meeting with nineteen women from civil society with diverse backgrounds, invited to discuss what has gone wrong in Turkey’s Kurdish peace process and what women can do for peace in a highly polarized atmosphere, this article explores women’s dialogue in a conflict situation. With insights from deliberative and agonistic perspectives, the article shows that in a multiple-identity conflict, topical shifts in dialogue are accompanied by shifting alliances. The search for mutual definitions on conflictual issues renders the deliberation of sensitive issues difficult, so women circumvent polarizing discourses through indirect and covert language. However, the discussion of gender-based experiences with direct, contestational language helps women underline shared issues and address resentments. Dialogue’s transformative potential also depends on the existence of trust and an intersectionality perspective for which further dialogic initiatives should develop strategies.

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两极分化社会中的对话：女性与其他人的相遇

本文通过分析与来自不同背景的民间社会的 19 名妇女会面，受邀讨论土耳其库尔德和平进程中出了什么问题，以及在高度两极分化的气氛中妇女可以为和平做些什么，本文探讨了冲突中的妇女对话情况。本文从审慎和竞争的角度提出见解，表明在多重身份冲突中，对话中的话题转变伴随着联盟的转变。在冲突问题上寻求相互定义使得敏感问题的审议变得困难，因此女性通过间接和隐蔽的语言来规避两极分化的话语。然而，用直接的、有争议的语言讨论基于性别的经历有助于女性强调共同的问题并解决怨恨。