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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]

open access: yes, 2005
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
core  

Staying with the blackout: an insecure anthropology of energy

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 892-911, December 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Reassembling the political: the PKK and the project of radical democracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
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
core   +1 more source

Roads "drawn" to modernity: Religion and secularism in contemporary Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
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.
core   +1 more source

The formation of a “model city in the Anatolian steppes”: Leapfrogging effects of spatial fix in Eskişehir, Turkey

open access: yesCity &Society, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 102-115, August 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling the Veil Ban Dilemma: Turkey and Beyond [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
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
core   +1 more source

Turkey’s judiciary and the drift toward competitive authoritarianism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
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
core   +1 more source

Türkiye’de Siyasal Popülizm: Demokrat Parti ve Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi

open access: yes, 2023
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 ...
openaire   +1 more source

Worker silence in a turbulent neoliberal context: The case of mass privatisation of sugar factories in Turkey

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 647-667, July 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Between a rock and a hard place: corporate elites in the context of religion and secularism in Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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
core   +2 more sources

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