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Making sense of the protests in Turkey (and Brazil): contesting neo-liberal urbanism in ‘Rebel Cities’

Gokay, Bulent; Shain, Farzana

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Farzana Shain



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The article is organised in five parts: first, we offer a brief overview of the protests and the concept of the ‘right to the city’; second, we discuss arguments about the role of democracy and representation, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian leadership style in relation to the cause of the protests; third, we put forward our case for comparing the protests with those which occurred in similarly rising economies, namely Brazil, rather than the demonstrations that occurred in countries experiencing a downward economic turn; fourth, we explore the role of young people in the protests; and finally, we look at where the movement is now.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 25, 2015
Online Publication Date Nov 29, 2015
Publication Date Dec 1, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Estudos Ibero-Americanos
Print ISSN 0101-4064
Publisher ediPUCRS
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 41
Issue 2
Pages 242 -261
DOI https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2015.2.21732
Keywords Turkey; popular protests; urbanization; democratization
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2015.2.21732

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