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Protest and Politics in Turkey in the 1970s

Echoes of Dissent

Av Selin Bengi Gümrükçü

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Protest and Politics in Turkey offers the first comprehensive academic study of Turkey’s 1970s protest cycle, analyzing the political dynamics of the decade and its long-term consequences. Drawing on an original dataset of protests, the book examines the interplay between state repression and protests.The study situates the 1970s as a formative period in Turkish politics, tracing how leftist, nationalist, and Islamist movements developed under conditions of polarization, violence, and authoritarian intervention. It also demonstrates how the 1980 coup reshaped the political arena, suppressed collective action, and created the conditions for the rise of political Islam and the rightward shift that continues to shape Turkish politics today. Providing a detailed examination of historical continuities and disruptions, the author presents a rich tapestry with which to comprehend the complex socio-political landscape of contemporary Turkey.By analyzing both continuities and ruptures, the book shows how the legacies of the 1970s reverberate in contemporary struggles over democracy, authoritarianism, and the role of protest in public life. The book contributes to broader debates on contentious politics, repression, and regime change, and will form essential reading for scholars of social movements, Turkish politics, and comparative authoritarianism.
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Selin Bengi Gümrükçü is Assistant Teaching Professor at the Department of Political Science, Rutgers University.

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'Is the Erdogan government’s authoritarian turn a new version of Turkey’s 1980 military coup? This detailed analysis of the 1970s protests, their dynamics, and their culmination not only illuminates an under-researched period of movement-building, protest activity, and state repression but also helps the reader better understand the evolution of state-society relations in Turkey since then and especially today. Drawing on an array of domestic sources and an impressive grasp and application of social movement and political sociology literatures, Selin Bengi Gumrukcu’s book promises to provide a rigorous and persuasive narrative of Turkey’s political trajectory that will appeal to comparativists, theorists, and area-studies scholars alike.'Valentine M. Moghadam, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Northeastern University, USA.'An important corrective to the lack of any comprehensive analysis of protests and social mobilization in Turkey during the 1970s…essential reading for understanding the demise of the left, the rise of religious conservatism, and the origins of democratic backsliding in Turkey.' Jillian Schwedler, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA.'Guided by the political process approach of social movement studies and applying protest event analysis, Selin Bengi Gümrükçü provides a fascinating in-depth view of the violent protest cycle of the 1970s and the 1980 coup in Turkey, which allows us to get a better understanding of contemporary Turkish politics.'Hanspeter Kriesi, Professor of Political Science, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

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