The radical online magazine “ROAR” at January 6th has started to publish a selection of “essays dealing with a wide variety of themes related to the Gezi uprising. The main questions we will be confronting are: what was Gezi all about, what remains of it today, and what is next for the movements in Turkey?”
CONTENT OF: OAR SYMPOSIUM:
Reflections on the Gezi Uprising
1. Editorial
Gezi and the Spirit of Revolt
http://roarmag.org/2014/01/roar-symposium-gezi-uprising-turkey/
2. Rüzgar Akhat
Gezi: Losing the Fear, Living the Dream3. Dilan Koese
Revolt of Dignity: Gezi and the Global Legitimation Crisis4. Burak Kose
The Culmination of Resistance Against Urban Neoliberalism5. David Selim Sayers
Gezi Spirit: The Possibility of an Impossibility6. Cagla Aykac
Strong Bodies, Dirty Shoes: An Ode to the Resistance7. Stephen Snyder
Gezi Park and the Transformative Power of Art8. Gozde Kilic
The Sultan Is Watching: Erdoğan’s Lust for Power9. Yasemin Acar & Melis Ulug
The Body Politicized: The Visibility of Women at Gezi10. Elif Genc
At Gezi, a Common Voice Against State Brutality11. Erkan Gursel
Sarisuluk’s Story: A Family Fighting for Justice12. Beatrice White
Cracking Down on the Press: Turkish Media after Gezi13. Matze Kasper
To Survive, the Gezi Movement Will Have to Compromise14. Mark Bergfeld
Beyond the Hashtags? Gezi and the AKP’s Media Power15. Emrah Güler
Is Social Media Still the Way to Resist in Turkey?16. Lou Zucker
Reclaim the Urban Commons: Istanbul’s First Squat17. Christopher Patz
From Madrid to Istanbul: Occupying Public Space18. Sinan Eden
The Mayonnaise Effect: International Inspiration from Gezi19. Mehmet Döşemeci
Superman, Clark Kent, and the Limits of the Gezi Uprising20. Editorial
Beyond Gezi