Conventional Versus Non-conventional
Political Participation in Turkey
This book focuses on the emergence of different forms of civic and political activism in Turkey. It has taken into account different components of active citizenship, specifically looking at the development of civic and political forms of activism that bridge the realms of conventional and non-conventional participation. Focusing on the effects of the 2013 Gezi Park protests which originated in Istanbul but spread throughout the country this book reflects on civic and political participation in Turkey. Specifically focusing on the main dynamics of non-conventional forms of civic and political activism, this volume attempts to understand the impact of non-conventional forms of political participation on voting behaviour.
The internal domestic conditions of the country, as well as its role in the international arena, have dramatically changed since 2013, and are constantly evolving due to the domestic societal and political cleavages, and the regional problems in the Middle East. Yet, the chapters in the book reflect upon the significance of occupygezi nowadays, demonstrating its importance not only in questioning the link between the patrimonial state and its citizens, but also for stimulating participatory behaviours.
The chapters of this book were originally published as a special issue in Turkish Studies.
Cristiano Bee is Lecturer in Politics at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Previously he was an Assistant Professor at Kadir Has University, Turkey, and Marie Curie Fellow at the European Institute of Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey, where he was Principal Investigator in the research project The Europeanisation of the organised civil society in Turkey. The case of youth organisations in the prospect of the European integration. He is author of Active Citizenship in Europe: Practices and Demands in the EU, Italy, Turkey and the UK (Palgrave 2017).
Ayhan Kaya is Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Chair of European Politics of Interculturalism at the Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University, Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, and a member of the Science Academy, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. and MA degrees at the University of Warwick, UK. Some of his books are Europeanization and Tolerance in Turkey (2013) and Islam, Migration and Integration: The Age of Securitization (2012).
Conventional Versus
Non-conventional Political
Participation in Turkey
Dimensions, Means, and Consequences
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Contents
Cristiano Bee and Ayhan Kaya
Murat nan and Maria T. Grasso
Ayegl Kayaolu
Hrag Papazian
Pnar Gm
enay Yavuz Grkem
Ayhan Kaya
Cristiano Bee and Stavroula Chrona
zge Derman
The following chapters were originally published in Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Conventional versus non-conventional political participation in Turkey: dimensions, means, and consequences
Cristiano Bee and Ayhan Kaya
Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017) pp. 19
A participatory generation? The generational and social class bases of political activism in Turkey
Murat nan and Maria T. Grasso
Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017) pp. 1031
Voting Behavior of the Youth in Turkey: What Drives Involvement in or Causes Alienation from Conventional Political Participation?
Ayegl Kayaolu
Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017) pp. 3255
Between Gezi Park and Kamp Armen: the intersectional activism of leftist Armenian youths in Istanbul
Hrag Papazian
Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017) pp. 5676
Negotiating the political: a closer look at the components of young peoples politics emerging from the Gezi Protests
Pnar Gm
Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017) pp. 77101
The weakest link or the magic stick?: Turkish activists perceptions on the scope and strength of digital activism
enay Yavuz Grkem
Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017) pp. 102124
Europeanization of civil society in Turkey: legacy of the #Occupygezi movement
Ayhan Kaya
Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017) pp. 125156
Youth activists and occupygezi: patterns of social change in public policy and in civic and political activism in Turkey
Cristiano Bee and Stavroula Chrona
Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017) pp. 157181
Stand-in as a performative repertoire of action
zge Derman
Turkish Studies, volume 18, issue 1 (March 2017) pp. 182208
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Cristiano Bee is Lecturer in Politics at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Previously he was an Assistant Professor at Kadir Has University, Turkey, and Marie Curie Fellow at the European Institute of Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey, where he was Principal Investigator in the research project The Europeanisation of the organised civil society in Turkey. The case of youth organisations in the prospect of the European integration. He is author of Active Citizenship in Europe: Practices and Demands in the EU, Italy, Turkey and the UK
