What is it about?
A critical account of the Gezi uprising in Turkey of 2013 on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. It provides a class analysis of this most serious challenge to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's regime, depicts the forces that confronted each other, and connects the Gezi events with two other uprisings of the same period, that of the Kurds (2014) and that of the metalworkers (2015).
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Why is it important?
The article simply destroys the rampant myths about Gezi. It takes to task the almost universal celebration of Gezi as a middle and upper-middle class "identity" movement at Taksim Square in Istanbul, whereas millions of others from the popular classes fought the repressive forces of Erdoğan's regime elsewhere in Istanbul and all over Turkey.
Perspectives
I expect the ramifications of this article to go beyond its original setting of the Gezi events described and convince may people that the momentarily dominant framework of postmodernism represents, in fact, many developments in an upside down manner.
Sungur Savran
Revolutionary Workers Party (DIP), Turkey
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This page is a summary of: The Gezi Popular Rebellion, February 2024, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004691070_003.
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