Devran Gülel
Biographic Data
| ID | 1626580 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Devran Gülel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Devran |
| FAMILY NAME | Gülel |
| SIGNATURE | GÜLEL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Portsmouth |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4996-5092 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Navigating visa inequities
This provocation critically examines the unequal terrain of academic mobility, its impact on knowledge production and on who has the right to be an agent of scientific knowledge. Drawing on personal experiences of more than 15 years (autoethnography) and through a critical feminist lens, this article interrogates how geopolitical hierarchies often shape the careers of scholars from the Global South through restricted mobility opportunities. By an…
National human rights institutions and the appropriation of human rights
In 2016, Turkey established its National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (HREIT), seemingly to promote and protect human rights. However, this development coincided with a simultaneous erosion of human rights and freedom in the country. We employ the framework of human rights appropriation to explain this paradox. Our analysis reveals that the HREIT, a relatively unexamined case in NHRI literat…
‘I Want to Break Free!’
Since the late 2000s, Turkey has experienced de-Europeanisation, de-democratisation, and Islamist and authoritarian transformation that has also reinforced patriarchal understanding of gender relations and regressive gender norms. This study focuses on women’s freedom from religion and their liberty to decide whether to wear an Islamic veil in such a gendered socio-political climate. The online platform Yalnız Yürümeyeceksin [you will not walk al…
A Critical Assessment of Turkey’s Positive Obligations in Combatting Violence against Women
After almost two decades in power, R. T. Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have established authoritarian and Islamist governance in Turkey, which has adversely affected gender equality and women’s rights. So much so, that in 2009 the European Court of Human Rights acknowledged that there is a climate conducive to domestic violence in Turkey (Opuz v. Turkey). Despite Erdoğan withdrawing Turkey unconstitutionally from the Convent…
Feminist movement and law-making in Turkey
Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Turkey witnessed an era of reform generally known as the era of ‘Europeanisation’. Since the late 2000s, it has experienced a de-Europeanisation and authoritarian transformation. This study explores the ways this changing political context has affected the feminist movement’s influence on law-making. It adopts a chronological approach starting with the achievements of the movement before the turn of the cen…
Feminist movement and law-making in Turkey
Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Turkey witnessed an era of reform generally known as the era of ‘Europeanisation’. Since the late 2000s, it has experienced a de-Europeanisation and authoritarian transformation. This study explores the ways this changing political context has affected the feminist movement’s influence on law-making. It adopts a chronological approach starting with the achievements of the movement before the turn of the cen…
A Critical Assessment of Turkey’s Positive Obligations in Combatting Violence against Women
After almost two decades in power, R. T. Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have established authoritarian and Islamist governance in Turkey, which has adversely affected gender equality and women’s rights. So much so, that in 2009 the European Court of Human Rights acknowledged that there is a climate conducive to domestic violence in Turkey (Opuz v. Turkey). Despite Erdoğan withdrawing Turkey unconstitutionally from the Convent…
A Critical Assessment of Turkey’s Positive Obligations in Combatting Violence against Women
After almost two decades in power, R. T. Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have established authoritarian and Islamist governance in Turkey, which has adversely affected gender equality and women’s rights. So much so, that in 2009 the European Court of Human Rights acknowledged that there is a climate conducive to domestic violence in Turkey (Opuz v. Turkey). Despite Erdoğan withdrawing Turkey unconstitutionally from the Convent…
Feminist movement and law-making in Turkey
Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Turkey witnessed an era of reform generally known as the era of ‘Europeanisation’. Since the late 2000s, it has experienced a de-Europeanisation and authoritarian transformation. This study explores the ways this changing political context has affected the feminist movement’s influence on law-making. It adopts a chronological approach starting with the achievements of the movement before the turn of the cen…
‘I Want to Break Free!’
Since the late 2000s, Turkey has experienced de-Europeanisation, de-democratisation, and Islamist and authoritarian transformation that has also reinforced patriarchal understanding of gender relations and regressive gender norms. This study focuses on women’s freedom from religion and their liberty to decide whether to wear an Islamic veil in such a gendered socio-political climate. The online platform Yalnız Yürümeyeceksin [you will not walk al…
National human rights institutions and the appropriation of human rights
In 2016, Turkey established its National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (HREIT), seemingly to promote and protect human rights. However, this development coincided with a simultaneous erosion of human rights and freedom in the country. We employ the framework of human rights appropriation to explain this paradox. Our analysis reveals that the HREIT, a relatively unexamined case in NHRI literat…
Navigating visa inequities
This provocation critically examines the unequal terrain of academic mobility, its impact on knowledge production and on who has the right to be an agent of scientific knowledge. Drawing on personal experiences of more than 15 years (autoethnography) and through a critical feminist lens, this article interrogates how geopolitical hierarchies often shape the careers of scholars from the Global South through restricted mobility opportunities. By an…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (4 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (3 works) · Human rights (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Authoritarianism (2 works) · Convention (2 works) · Democracy (2 works)