The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Turkey / / ed. by Pierre Hecker, Kaya Akyıldız, Ivo Furman.

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• MitwirkendeR: Akyıldız, Kaya,; Brileva, Diliara,; Carney, Josh,; Evren, Can,; Furman, Ivo,; Hecker, Pierre,; Lazarus, Julia,; Marcella, Valentina,; Mattsson, Douglas,; Onaran, Burak,; Onur, Petek,; Sağlam, Erol,; Schoon, Danielle V.,; Stokes, Martin,; Tekin, Caner,; Çakıl-Dinçer, Gülşen,; Çavdar, Ayşe,
• HerausgeberIn: Akyıldız, Kaya,; Furman, Ivo,; Hecker, Pierre,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies on Modern Turkey : ESMT
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations

Investigates the relationship between culture, politics and power in present-day Turkey, from headscarves to heavy metal Provides an overview of the politics of culture in Turkey under the rule of the AKPAnalyses the success of authoritarian populism and the decline of democracy in Turkey from a cultural studies perspectiveBrings together 16 empirical studies that explore cultural aspects from heavy metal music to arthouse films, and from headscarf politics to national memorySince coming to power, President Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) have focused on narrating their vision of a ‘New Turkey’ – an ideal that has resulted in the politicisation of popular culture and people’s everyday lives. Exposing the strategy of Turkey’s ruling elite to obtain cultural hegemony, this book examines the AKP’s efforts to rewrite Turkish public memory by promoting its ideas through TV series, movies, propaganda videos, school curricula and material culture in urban public spaces. It also explores the tactics of cultural resistance developed by the politically weak to counter the ruling elite’s dominant culture of pious conservatism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 The Politics of Culture in ‘New Turkey’ -- Part I SUBCULTURES AND THE POLITICS OF LIFESTYLES -- 2 Battling Over the Spirit of a Nation: Attitudes Towards Alcohol in ‘New Turkey’ -- 3 ‘Spreading VX Gas Over Kaaba’: Islamic Semiotics in Turkish Black Metal -- 4 Tired of Religion: Atheism and Non-Belief in ‘New Turkey’ -- Part II SATIRE AND AGITPROP IN ‘NEW TURKEY’ -- 5 Democra-Z: Election Propaganda, a Failed Coup and Zombie Politics in ‘New Turkey’ -- 6 United Against the Referee: Competitive Authoritarianism, Soccer and the Remaking of Nationalism in Erdoğanist Turkey -- 7 Between Resistance and Surrender: Counter-Hegemonic Discourses in Turkish Satirical Magazines -- Part III CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE POLITICS OF GENDER -- 8 The Boundaries of Womanhood in ‘New Turkey’: The Case of KADEM -- 9 Never Walk Alone: The Politics of Unveiling in ‘New Turkey’ -- 10 Welcome to Dystopia. A View into the Counter-Hegemonic Discourse(s) of Ecological Activism in Istanbul -- Part IV MEDIATING NEO-OTTOMANISM IN POPULAR CULTURE -- 11 New Histories for a New Turkey: The First Battle of Kut (1916) and the Reshaping of the Ottoman Past -- 12 Between Invention and Authenticity: Representations of Abdülhamid II in the TV Series Payitaht -- 13 Writing a Visual History of Turkey: ‘Glorious History’ in Mainstream Cinema versus ‘Complicated History’ in Art House Films -- 14 The Politics of Nostalgia: The New Urban Culture in Ankara’s Historic Neighbourhoods -- Part V ‘NEW TURKEY’S’ ETHNO-RELIGIOUS OTHERS -- 15 The Affirmation of Sunni Supremacism in Erdoğan’s ‘New Turkey’ -- 16 ‘Because They Would Misunderstand’: Romeyka Heritage and the Masculine Reconfigurations of Public Culture in Contemporary Turkey -- 17 A Politics of Presence: Public Performances of Roma Belonging in Istanbul -- INDEX