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Can Mainstream Critical Analyses Explain the State Transformation in Turkey?

Theory & Research In many countries today states are intervening in social relations with more authoritarian policies in order to overcome economic, political, and social crises. Neoliberalism and authoritarianism are presented as polar opposites in main-stream liberal criticism. The purpose of this article is to emphasise the limitations of such an interpretation by considering the main arguments of the most prominent mainstream critical analyses of authoritarianism in Turkey

By Melehat Kutun

Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey After the Earthquakes

In Perspective In the second part of this essay, Ülker Sözen (Leipzig University) discusses Civil Society and Solidarity in Turkey 4 months After the Earthquakes, and interviews two activists from Feminist Solidarity for Disaster Relief

By Ülker Sözen

State and Society in Turkey after the Earthquakes: Initial Reflections

In Perspective Ülker Sözen lay out her initial observations and reflections about the state and society's responses in the aftermath of the massive disaster in Turkey

By Ülker Sözen

Echoes of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Iran and Elsewhere

Interview In this interview, Nafis Fathollahzadeh and Ülker Sözen talk about the recent intersectional feminist revolution in Iran, the wave of protests that started with the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini by the morality police in September 2022, and trace important parallels between Iran and Turkey in terms of the dynamics of state violence and the power of women’s and LGBTQIA+ struggle to inspire an emancipatory social mobilization.

By Börries Nehe and Andrea Dip

Drowning the Multitudes of People of Colour

In Perspective After years of climate denial, diversion, co-optations by the elite, and control of climate narratives, the lived realities of climate change and its profound implications for the future can no longer be ignored