Gezi
The Making of a New Political Community in Turkey
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Publishing:31st Jan '26
£19.99
This title is due to be published on 31st January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Focusing on the intense aftermath of the Gezi park episode, this book scrutinises the ways in which activists pursued a rugged journey of radical democratic mobilisation in Istanbul, including public parks, neighbourhoods and squat houses. Synthesising the findings of field research carried out during 2014-2016 in Istanbul’s Yoğurtçu Park Forum with archival documents and secondary literature, this book weaves the voices of the activists into the narrative. Kaan Ağartan offers a critical analysis of the initial force of the Gezi uprising and its subsequent unravelling in reconstituting a more egalitarian society and democratic citizenship in Turkey.
This book is a wonderful and strong addition to an emerging body of literature on this time period. It will make a unique contribution in the reconceptualising of social movements – something desperately needed in the field of sociology. -- Marina A. Sitrin, Binghamton University
ISBN: 9781399525916
Dimensions: unknown
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208 pages