Everywhere Taksim: Sowing the Seeds for a New Turkey at Gezi

In May 2013, a small group of protesters made camp in Istanbul's Taksim Square, protesting the privatization of what had long been a vibrant public space. When the police responded to the demonstration with brutality, the protests exploded in size and force, quickly becoming a massive statement of opposition to the Turkish regime. This book assembles a collection of field research, data, theoretical analyses, and cross-country comparisons to show the significance of the protests both within Turkey and throughout the world.

Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; List of Acronyms --; Introduction. Gezi in Retrospect /; Section I: Gezi Protests and Democratisation --; 1. Evoking and Invoking Nationhood as Contentious Democratisation /; 2. 'Everyday I'm Çapulling!'. Global Flows and Local Frictions of Gezi /; 3. The Incentives and Actors of Protests in Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2013 /; Section II: The Political Economy of Protests --; 4. AKP Rule in the Aftermath of the Gezi Protests. From Expanded to Limited Hegemony? /; 5. Rebelling against Neoliberal Populist Regimes /; 6. Enough is Enough. What do the Gezi Protestors Want to Tell Us? A Political Economy Perspective /; Section III: Protesters and Repertoires of Protests --; 7. 'We are more than Alliances between Groups'. A Social Psychological Perspective on the Gezi Park Protesters and Negotiating Levels of Identity /; 8. Istanbul United. Football Fans Entering the 'Political Field' /; 9. Humour as Resistance? A Brief Analysis of the Gezi Park Protest Graffiti /; 10. Where did Gezi Come from? Exploring the Links between Youth Political Activism before and during the Gezi Protests /; Section IV: The Politics of Space and Identity at Gezi --; 11. 'We May Be Lessees, but the Neighbourhood is Ours'. Gezi Resistances and Spatial Claims /; 12. Negotiating Religion at the Gezi Park Protests /; 13. Gezi Park. A Revindication of Public Space /; Section V: Gezi in an International Context --; 14. Gezi Spirit in the Diaspora. Diffusion of Turkish Politics to Europe /; 15. Turkey's EU Membership Process in the Aftermath of the Gezi Protests /; List of Contributors --; Index / David, Isabel / Toktamış, Kumru F. --; Toktamış, Kumru F. --; Walton, Jeremy F. --; Dević, Ana / Krstić, Marija --; Bozkurt, Umut --; Özden, Barış Alp / Bekmen, Ahmet --; Civelekoğlu, İlke --; Uluğ, Özden Melis / Acar, Yasemin Gülsüm --; Irak, Dağhan --; Yanık, Lerna K. --; Gümüş, Pınar / Yılmaz, Volkan --; Karasulu, Ahu --; Çelik, Emrah --; Alonso, Clara Rivas --; Baser, Bahar --; Saatçioğlu, Beken --