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Islamic support on the westernization policy in the Ottoman empire : making Mahmud II a reformer Caliph-Sultan by Islamic virtue tradition [PDF]
In this article we dealt with the relations between the state and religion / Islam and its interpreters i.e., the ulama, their needs each other. As a case, with an original source, we focused on the time of the Mahmud II (1808-1839) The Ottoman reforms ...
Ersahin, Seyfettin
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Staying with the blackout: an insecure anthropology of energy
Abstract In the twenty‐first century, blackouts have settled into a familiar sequence of events in the fully electrified world. After jolting publics into a sudden awareness of energy assemblages, they gradually disappear from public memory. This article is an exercise in dwelling on blackouts that have already begun to recede from public memory so as ...
Canay Özden‐Schilling
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Reassembling the political: the PKK and the project of radical democracy [PDF]
One of the most important secular political movements in the Middle East, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) underwent a profound transformation in the 2000s.
Akkaya, Ahmet Hamdi, Jongerden, Joost
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Roads "drawn" to modernity: Religion and secularism in contemporary Turkey [PDF]
Editorial cartoons do not just mirror politics, but are also themselves a part of politics. They are more than single-panel graphical commentaries on daily policies, for they construct their own claims on truth.
Taş H., Uǧur, M.
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Abstract The prevalence of neoliberalism has produced varied effects on cities ranging from rapid growth to gradual disempowerment. Instead of considering neoliberal urbanization as a fixed, predetermined process, I discuss the possibility of leapfrogging in urban repositioning.
Cansu Civelek
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Unveiling the Veil Ban Dilemma: Turkey and Beyond [PDF]
This article examines Turkey’s veil ban policy, which has been in place since the 1980s. The dilemma is whether Muslim-veil bans impinge on the rights of expression and religion at both national and international levels or, whether states may legally ...
Piatti-Crocker, Adriana, Tasch, Laman
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Turkey’s judiciary and the drift toward competitive authoritarianism [PDF]
Turkey has always been considered an “illiberal democracy”, or in Freedom House’s terms, a “partly-free” country. In recent years, however, there has been a downward trend toward “competitive authoritarianism”.
Özbudun, Ergun
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Türkiye’de Siyasal Popülizm: Demokrat Parti ve Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
Sosyal bilimlerde çok tartışılan ve popülerliğini koruyan popülizm kavramı, 21. yüzyılda siyaseti, siyasi aktörleri ve hareketleri tanımlamada yaygın kullanımıyla önem arz etmektedir. Farklı yaklaşımların ilgi odağı olan popülizm, farklı coğrafyalarda, üretildiği sosyokültürel, siyasal ve ekonomik bağlama göre şekillenerek çeşitli görüngüler ...
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Abstract Silence in the context of work has different meanings across different settings. Turbulence induced by the privatisation of previously state‐owned enterprises presents a curious setting to explore worker silence. Turning to worker silence in the process of mass privatisation of sugar factories in Turkey, we examine why workers remained silent ...
Cihat Erbil, Mustafa Özbilgin
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Between a rock and a hard place: corporate elites in the context of religion and secularism in Turkey [PDF]
Drawing on discourse analyses of 36 in-depth interviews with elite business people from Turkey, the study identifies the networking patterns of new and established business elites in the context of economic liberalization and socioreligious ...
Ali Ergur +9 more
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