Bermal Küçük
Biographic Data
| ID | 113303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bermal Küçük |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bermal |
| FAMILY NAME | Küçük |
| SIGNATURE | KÜÇÜK B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Koç University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5481-7687 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rhizomatic Transformations of Feminist Politics and Subjectivities in Contemporary Turkey
This article examines the transformation of feminist politics and subjectivities in response to recent changes in Turkey’s socioeconomic and political landscape. Drawing on 2 years of field research employing a mixed-methods design, combining surveys with in-depth interviews, I map the evolving configurations of feminist engagements. I argue that feminism is increasingly rearticulated as a rhizomatic configuration, characterized by decentralized …
Cruel optimism of waiting: Precarity experiences of young adults in Turkey
This paper examines young adults' everyday experiences of precarity. Defining precarity as a socioeconomic and affective condition, it offers waiting as an analytical tool to explore the intersection of precarity and the family as a locus of social security and dependency. Based on the in-depth interviews with young adults (N = 52), it investigates the affective and temporal dimensions of precarity that play out in the waiting practices of young …
Land occupation as a form of peasant struggle in Turkey, 1965-1980
This article contributes to the literature on rural politics in Turkey by investigating peasants' land occupations between 1965 and 1980. We show that agricultural modernization after 1945 created the structural conditions for land conflicts by enabling the reaching of the frontier of cultivable land and facilitating landlords' displacement of tenants. The 1961 Constitution's promise of land reform and the rise of the center-left and socialist po…
The rural roots of the rise of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey
This paper puts forward four main arguments regarding the persistence of significant rural support of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalknma Partisi, AKP) in Turkey since late 2002. Firstly, since the previous coalition government implemented the harshest neoliberal measures in the agricultural sector, small farmers do not directly associate neoliberal assault with the AKP administration. Secondly, villagers have utilized both the b…
The rural roots of the rise of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey
This paper puts forward four main arguments regarding the persistence of significant rural support of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalknma Partisi, AKP) in Turkey since late 2002. Firstly, since the previous coalition government implemented the harshest neoliberal measures in the agricultural sector, small farmers do not directly associate neoliberal assault with the AKP administration. Secondly, villagers have utilized both the b…
Land occupation as a form of peasant struggle in Turkey, 1965-1980
This article contributes to the literature on rural politics in Turkey by investigating peasants' land occupations between 1965 and 1980. We show that agricultural modernization after 1945 created the structural conditions for land conflicts by enabling the reaching of the frontier of cultivable land and facilitating landlords' displacement of tenants. The 1961 Constitution's promise of land reform and the rise of the center-left and socialist po…
Cruel optimism of waiting: Precarity experiences of young adults in Turkey
This paper examines young adults' everyday experiences of precarity. Defining precarity as a socioeconomic and affective condition, it offers waiting as an analytical tool to explore the intersection of precarity and the family as a locus of social security and dependency. Based on the in-depth interviews with young adults (N = 52), it investigates the affective and temporal dimensions of precarity that play out in the waiting practices of young …
The rural roots of the rise of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey
This paper puts forward four main arguments regarding the persistence of significant rural support of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalknma Partisi, AKP) in Turkey since late 2002. Firstly, since the previous coalition government implemented the harshest neoliberal measures in the agricultural sector, small farmers do not directly associate neoliberal assault with the AKP administration. Secondly, villagers have utilized both the b…
Land occupation as a form of peasant struggle in Turkey, 1965-1980
This article contributes to the literature on rural politics in Turkey by investigating peasants' land occupations between 1965 and 1980. We show that agricultural modernization after 1945 created the structural conditions for land conflicts by enabling the reaching of the frontier of cultivable land and facilitating landlords' displacement of tenants. The 1961 Constitution's promise of land reform and the rise of the center-left and socialist po…
Cruel optimism of waiting: Precarity experiences of young adults in Turkey
This paper examines young adults' everyday experiences of precarity. Defining precarity as a socioeconomic and affective condition, it offers waiting as an analytical tool to explore the intersection of precarity and the family as a locus of social security and dependency. Based on the in-depth interviews with young adults (N = 52), it investigates the affective and temporal dimensions of precarity that play out in the waiting practices of young …
Rhizomatic Transformations of Feminist Politics and Subjectivities in Contemporary Turkey
This article examines the transformation of feminist politics and subjectivities in response to recent changes in Turkey’s socioeconomic and political landscape. Drawing on 2 years of field research employing a mixed-methods design, combining surveys with in-depth interviews, I map the evolving configurations of feminist engagements. I argue that feminism is increasingly rearticulated as a rhizomatic configuration, characterized by decentralized …
Turkey's Politics and Society (3 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Economic Justice (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (1 works)