Urban Social Movements in Turkey

by Emrah Akyüz

Many Turkish cities have witnessed increasing micro and macro-spatial dimensions in urban social movements, shaping urban space over recent decades. Typical Turkish urban social movements have generally shared the same goals, been based on actors' lower-class backgrounds and locally-rooted associations, and have employed similar types of action and strategies against authority. However, the Gezi Park protests were of a singular and different character...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680538314
• ISBN13: 9781680538311
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Academica Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"