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Class, migration and masculinity among Syrian and Turkish youths in working-class neighborhoods of Istanbul Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-16 Deniz Yükseker, Zafer Çeler, Neşe Şahin Taşğın
This article describes the masculinity narratives of working-class Syrian and Turkish youths in Istanbul on their lived experiences of socio-economic inequalities, everyday violence, and discrimina...
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Atatürk: Entelektüel Biyografi Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Tolga Koçoğlu
Published in Turkish Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Women, work and mobilities: the case of urban and regional contexts in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Ezgi Murat-İnce
Published in Turkish Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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An overview of the anti-privatization struggles during the AKP era Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Mertcan Şafak Sağlam
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 article examines ...
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Hybrid digital authoritarianism in Turkey: the ‘Censorship Law’ and AI-generated disinformation strategy Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-17 Alev Yücel
This article introduces the concept of hybrid digital authoritarianism, a model of digital governance that combines consolidated digital authoritarian practices with strategically limited digital f...
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Ideals of the nation-state, design of Hermann Jansen: planning the Southern growth pole in Anatolia in the 1930s Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-17 Emel Karakaya Ayalp
This article discusses the connection between the nation-building process and urban planning practices in the 1930s in Turkey. To this end, it investigates the relationship between urban planning a...
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A ‘bridge’ pushed to the periphery?: Turkey’s geopolitical significance in the Asia-Pacific century Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-16 Çağdaş Üngör
This study scrutinizes the common wisdom concerning Turkey’s crucial geopolitical significance and central physical location against the backdrop of four global transformations that are taking plac...
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Competing against Erdoğan, collaborating with the state: why did Kiliçdaroğlu fail as the main opposition leader in Turkey? Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-03 Behlül Özkan
The main argument in this article contends that a primary reason why Erdoğan has managed to stay in power in the last decade despite failure in resolving numerous social, domestic, and foreign poli...
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Neoliberal transformation through circulation of economic elites in times of critical junctures: the case of 1999–2001 economic crises in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Ali Baydarol, Rahime Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm
While it is well-established that exogenous shocks can trigger policy changes, political elites have often been depicted as the initiators of this process. This paper adopts an elite sociology pers...
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State ideology and education in Turkey, 1980–2015 Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Sercan Batum
Published in Turkish Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Why do people doubt vaccines? Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Ceylan Engin, S. Sena Akkoç
This study examines how COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is influenced by institutional trust, conspiracy theory beliefs, and political and religious values using novel data from the 2022 Turkish COVID-1...
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Armenian interpretations of Kemalism: rethinking diaspora and soviet intellectual debates in the 1920s Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Vahram Ter-Matevosyan
In the 1920s and 1930s, the world closely observed the evolution of the Kemalist system of ideological and political principles. In recent years, there has been a surge in scholarly interest toward...
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Violent intimacies: the trans everyday and the making of an urban world Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Susan C. Pearce
Published in Turkish Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The role of the official ceremonies and hidden curriculum on Atatürkism’s socialization and indoctrination in Turkish schools (1980–2002) Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak
The 1980 military coup in Turkey enormously impacted state-citizen relations, including in the realm of education. After the coup, all school rituals, ceremonies, classrooms, and after-school activ...
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Political economy of Turkey’s pivot to Asia Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-06 Defne Gönenç, Vasileios Fouskas, Qingan Huang, Sinan Ünlüsoy
This article examines Türkiye’s increasingly complex relations with Asia from a political economy perspective, capitalizing on the notions of semi-periphery and sub-imperialism in an era marked by ...
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Interest groups and EU-Turkey relations: a focused analysis on TÜSİAD and MÜSİAD Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-29 Orhan Günay
This study conducts a critical discourse analysis on Turkey’s European Union (EU) accession, focusing on the narratives of TÜSİAD and MÜSİAD. Employing the Discourse-Historical Approach within Crit...
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The Muslim social: neoliberalism, charity, and poverty in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Gorkem Altinors
Published in Turkish Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Turkey’s approach to the Arab spring revisited: political field and foreign policy in the AKP era Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Francesco D’Alema
Drawing from Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory, this article sheds light on the relationship between the AKP’s foreign policy toward the Middle East and its twenty-year rule in Turkey. It argues that ...
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Electoral integrity in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Ersin Kalaycioglu
Published in Turkish Studies (Vol. 25, No. 4, 2024)
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Tracing ideologies, influences, and politics: the shaping of a state monopoly in Turkey’s sports system (1920s–1990s) Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 E. Esra Erturan-Ogut, Tolga Şinoforoğlu
Despite Turkey’s changing political regimes, sports have remained under state governance since 1938. This article analyzes the ideologies, influences, and politics that have shaped this state monop...
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How social capital operated in Turkey following the earthquakes of February 6, 2023 Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Betül Durmaz Yurt, Hasan Yeniçırak
This study explores the effects of social capital on the decisions of individuals in Turkey who experienced the earthquakes of February 6, 2023, to stay in the disaster area or move to another plac...
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Erdoğan’s war: a strongman’s struggle at home and in Syria Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Onur Ağkaya
Published in Turkish Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Turkish kaleidoscope: fractured lives in a time of violence Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Halit Serkan Simen, Ayça Alemdaroğlu, Jenny White
Published in Turkish Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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A biopolitical perspective on national belonging in the early Turkish Republic Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Allan Cooper Dell
This article explores the degree to which citizenship in the early Turkish Republic was informed by a biopolitical logic of the administration of population as a social body. How this larger biopol...
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Shaping historical consciousness: the language of Armenian genocide denial in Turkish school textbooks Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Ekim Diren Safak
This paper investigates the depiction of the Armenian Genocide in Turkish textbooks and examines correlations between changes in Turkish political dynamics and their impact on these educational res...
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The myth of ‘Jacobin Kemalism’?: influence of the French Revolution on Kemalist elite and ideology during the early republican period Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Emrah Gülsunar
This study examines the first-hand sources of Kemalism to understand how and to what extent the French Revolution inspired the Kemalist elite and influenced Kemalism during the early republican per...
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Neither nationalism nor neo-Ottomanism but the winner is neo-liberal consumerism? Arts of the past Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 D. Burcu Eğilmez
In Turkish cultural history, there is an uninterrupted continuity in the education of the Traditional Turkish Arts (TTA), with clear links to the Ottoman past and Islam. This article discusses how ...
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Mapping solidarity: organizational density of hometown associations in Istanbul Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Süleyman Kıroğlu, Hüseyin Zeyd Koytak
This study explores cohesion levels within Istanbul's internal migrant groups, focusing on formal solidarity networks and Hometown Associations (HTAs). It examines disparities in organizational den...
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Representation of masculinities in the Arabesk films of Orhan Gencebay within the context of 1970s Turkish popular cinema (Yeşilçam) Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Seçkin Büyücek
This study explores the Arabesk films of Orhan Gencebay and their representation of masculinities. It compares their approach with that of other Yeşilçam melodramas within the productive years of t...
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Patriarchy, virginity, and hegemonic masculinity in the Turkish film Iffet (1982): a psychoanalytic film review Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-31 Nisan Ilkmen
The 1980s was marked by the emergence of new cinematic forms in Turkey, including films concerning issues related to various forms of women’s oppression involving sexual objectification, rape, and ...
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Civil society negotiating between internationalization and de-Europeanization: the case of women’s organizations in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Ayça Ergun, Nazlı Kazanoğlu
Since the Eastern enlargement in 2004, the EU has paid exceptional attention to strengthening civil society organizations (CSOs) in new member and candidate states, including Turkey. While the EU’s...
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The impact of group positioning on unfavorable perceptions of Greeks in Turkish politics between 1946 and 1960 Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Türkay Salim Nefes
To what extent can hostility toward Greeks in Turkish politics be explained sociologically? This paper provides a fresh perspective by examining the value of group position theory in understanding ...
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Populism, authoritarianism, and necropolitics: instrumentalization of martyrdom narratives in AKP’s Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Toni Hidayat
Published in Turkish Studies (Vol. 25, No. 4, 2024)
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Turkey's rushed liberalization: wartime neutrality and the devaluation of 1946 Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Samuel J. Hirst, Onur İşçi
This article reinterprets the Recep Peker cabinet's 1946 decisions to devalue the lira and deregulate foreign trade, which are often described as US-encouraged and liberalizing. The authors argue t...
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Spatial politics in Istanbul: turning points in contemporary Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Jeremy F. Walton
Published in Turkish Studies (Vol. 25, No. 3, 2024)
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Erdoğan: a graphic biography: the rise of Turkey’s modern autocrat Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Paul Kubicek
Published in Turkish Studies (Vol. 25, No. 3, 2024)
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The instrumentalization of post-truth politics in Turkey: the case of the 2023 elections Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Oğuz Ufuk Haksever, Ahmet Sözen
The global rise of populism has led to efforts to create an ‘alternative truth’ to support populist political aims. This is recently seen in Turkey in the use of post-truth political discourse by t...
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Between ‘Cultural richness’ and ‘useful enemy’: the securitization and instrumentalization of Christians in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Nukhet Ahu Sandal, Ahmet Erdi Ozturk
This article employs interviews and primary and secondary sources to examine the discrimination, securitization, and instrumentalization faced by four main Christian denominations throughout Turkis...
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The mother, the politician, and the guerilla Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Marco Nilsson
Published in Turkish Studies (Vol. 25, No. 3, 2024)
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Turkish–Greek relations: foreign policy in a securitisation framework Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Bilge Azgın
Published in Turkish Studies (Vol. 25, No. 3, 2024)
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The AKP and stealth Islamization in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Sebnem Gumuscu
This article argues that the AKP has dismantled secularism in Turkey through stealth Islamization. Defined as incremental and top-down Islamization of social and political life, this process entail...
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Electoral dynamics, new nationalisms, and party positions on Syrian refugees in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Sefa Secen, Serhun Al, Bekir Arslan
When and under what conditions do ideologically similar nationalist parties adopt different positions and discourses about refugees and immigrants? We address this question by examining nationalist...
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The Politics of Education in Turkey: Islam, Neoliberalism and Gender Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Nadya Amalia Putri Hapsari
Published in Turkish Studies (Vol. 25, No. 2, 2024)
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Communications in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire: a critical history Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Bilge Yesil
Published in Turkish Studies (Vol. 25, No. 2, 2024)
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The late Ottoman era and its legacy for nursing in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Ronen Segev
Reforms in the late Ottoman era had dramatic effects on health, education, and gender roles. Women had been midwives and nurses in the imperial palace since the early modern period, but few had pub...
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Introduction: Quo Vadis Turkey? Encounters with sustainable patriarchy and resistance of women Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Birgül Demirtaş, Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz
This article introduces a Special Section on sustainable patriarchy in Turkey. It places developments in Turkey within a wider context of global anti-gender movements, in which gender functions as ...
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Perceptions of male scholars toward gender: reconsidering sustainable patriarchy in Turkish academia Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Birgül Demirtaş
There is an increasing number of works on the gendered nature of Turkish academia. However, most of the research is focused on experiences of female academics. There is a gap in the literature on p...
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Examination of the Filyos Valley Project from the governance approach Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Rahman Dağ, Rabia Büyükpınar
This study aims to fill this gap by examining the Filyos Valley Project in terms of a governance approach. Based on semi-structured elite interviews, it concludes that the Filyos Valley Project was...
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Film Heritage: the online film archive portal of Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cinema Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Serkan Şavk
In this review article, I focus on the online portal of Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cinema. This portal which provides open access to the institution’s film arch...
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The stubborn persistence of working-class protest in Turkey in an age of authoritarian neoliberalism Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Alpkan Birelma, Ebru Işıklı, Huseyin Deniz Sert
Under authoritarian neoliberalism, Turkey has seen the number of legal strikes plummet since the mid-1990s. Alongside deepening authoritarianism, the AKP government banned nearly all legal strikes ...
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Obscurantist governance in Turkey: information disclosure and governmental capacity Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Huseyin Zengin, Hakan Ovunc Ongur
This article offers a conceptualization for a type of governance that is based on the issue-specific capacity of a government and the barriers erected by this government on the public to access inf...
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A political game?: the dispute over the Canal Istanbul project Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Ezgi Pehlivanli, Hande Eslen-Ziya
This study aims to understand how ideologies become embedded in political projects through strategies of legitimation aimed at justifying specific ideas, beliefs, and emotions. By using the politic...
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Civic and political integration of migrants with minority backgrounds: Turkey-origin migrants in the United Kingdom Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Meryem Ay Kesgin
This study argues that minorities have higher in-group consciousness and adaptability developed through uneven interaction with the majority. Once migrated, their collective experiences are transfe...
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Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: international human rights regime vis-à-vis authoritarian survival Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Tuğba Bayar
This article traces the raison d’être for Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention. It draws upon two bodies of literature: international human rights regimes (IHRR) and authoritarian survi...
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Intellectual activism and pivotal paradigms in casting the model woman of the early Turkish Republic: the voices of Şükûfe Nihal and Nezihe Muhittin Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Ş. Akile Zorlu, Gökten Doğangün
Feminist historiography on the late Ottoman and early Turkish Republican era treats female women’s rights advocates typically as merely activists or literary figures and rarely focuses on their int...
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‘My shop, my self’: independent women shopkeepers and their empowerment struggles Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Gül Özsan
This article examines the empowerment struggles of female shopkeepers in a district in Istanbul, focusing upon the creation of autonomous women’s space, the construction of entrepreneurial/occupati...
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Considering Kemalist secularization process through the eyes of the ordinary Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Ilbey C. N. Ozdemirci
While the dominant narrative of Turkey's secularism process is discussed in terms of the Kemalist leadership’s regulation of social life in a top-down manner, this article focuses on the practices ...
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Turkey’s political leaders: authoritarian tendencies in a democratic state Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Onur Bakiner
Published in Turkish Studies (Vol. 25, No. 1, 2024)
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Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa under the AKP: an empirical analysis Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Hasan Yönten, Robert A. Denemark
Turkish foreign policy under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been the subject of much change, especially as regards relations with the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MEN...
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Rediscovering Turkish Jewish heritage: The Club as a teaching moment in Turkey Turkish Studies (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-18 Senem B. Çevik, Esra Aydın Kılıç
Turkish Jewish culture is largely unknown within Turkey due to various reasons, including demographic and historical factors. Negative stereotypes about Jews in Turkish film and television have fur...