Gezi

Edinburgh University Press

GeziThe Making of a New Political Community in Turkey\nAuthor(s): Kaan A?artan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781399525916, 978-1399525916\nSynopsis\nFocusing on the intense aftermath of the Gezi park episode, this book scrutinises the ways in which activists pursued a rugged journey of radical democratic mobilisation in Istanbul, including public parks, neighbourhoods and squat houses. Synthesising the findings of field research carried out during [tel] in Istanbuls Yo?urtu Park Forum with archival documents and secondary literature, this book weaves the voices of the activists into the narrative. Kaan A?artan offers a critical analysis of the initial force of the Gezi uprising and its subsequent unravelling in reconstituting a more egalitarian society and democratic citizenship in Turkey.