Samstag, 28. April 2018

Authoritarianism and Resistance in Turkey


Workshop Programme May 12th - 13th 2018, University of Kassel

May 12th

09:00 - 9:30 Opening Speech: Ismail Karatepe on behalf of ICDD, RLS, GEW, Infobrief Türkei

9:30 - 12:00 Workshop I – Debates on the Transformation of the State and Authoritarianism

Moderation: Ezgi Pınar

Pınar Bedirhanoğlu:  State Transformation through Financialisation: Rethinking the Power of Capital in Turkey in the Neoliberal Era
Galip Yalman:          Crises in or of Neoliberalism? The Case of Turkey under AKP Rule
Errol Babacan:         The Nexus between Authoritarian Neo-Liberalism and Religious Paternalism
Melehat Kutun:        The Dark Side of the Moon? On the Form of the Capitalist State during the AKP Years

13:00 - 15:30 Workshop II – The Making of Authoritarianism and Social Dynamics

Moderation: Özgür Genç

Ezgi Pınar:               Labour Politics in the midst of Regime Discussions
Muzaffer Kaya:        The Left and the Antiauthoritarian Struggle in Turkey
Tolga Tören:            Comprehending the “New” Turkey within the Context of Social Opposition: Labour and Hope from June to June
Halis Yıldırım:         From the Resolution Process to the War: Kurds in the Bonapartist Period

16:00 - 18:30 Workshop III – The Making of Authoritarianism and Social Dynamics

Moderation: Melehat Kutun

Bediz Yılmaz:          The Refugee Issue in Turkey: Refugee-Friendly Authoritarianism of AKP versus Xenophobic CHP
Ceren Lord:              Sectarianised Securitisation, the Turkish State and Alevi Mobilisation in the AKP Era
Hakan Mertcan:        The Response of Alevis and Laicism to the Rise of Political Islam
Eylem Ç. Çığ:          The Populist Assault against New Social Movements and Opposition: In the Search for a National Internet in Turkey

May 13th

09:00 - 11:30 Workshop IV – International Dimension of Authoritarianism

Moderation: Zafer Yılmaz

Ahmet Bekmen:       Social Transformation and Regime Change: The Cases of Turkey and Thailand
Axel Gehring:          EU-Turkey Relations
Ismail Karatepe:       The State and Capital: India and Turkey from a Comparative perspective
Aslı Odman:             Precarization, Securitazion and Solidarity in Academia in Turkey

12:00 - 14:30 Workshop V – Building Peace and Alternatives against Authoritarianism

Moderation: Pınar Tuzcu

Zeynep Kıvılcım:      Legal Strategies against Authoritarian Rule in Turkey
Ertuğ Tombuş:          Theologico-Political and Populism: Understanding the Justice and Development Party's Authoritarianism
Zafer Yılmaz:           Moments of Resistance and Citizenship from Gezi Uprising to 2017 Constitutional referendum in Turkey
Meral Camcı:           Constructing the Language of Peace through Women's Struggles. The Case of “Women for Peace Initiative in Turkey”

15:00 - 16:00 – Evaluation of the Workshop and Further Projects: Only Speakers

Moderation:  Errol Babacan

16:00 – Closing Session

Workshop Place: University of Kassel, International Center for Development and Decent Work, Kleine Rosenstraße 1 - 3.

Registration and Contact: authoritarianism.ws@gmail.com