Oyman Basaran
Biographic Data
| ID | 325965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oyman Basaran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oyman |
| FAMILY NAME | Basaran |
| SIGNATURE | BASARAN O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bowdoin College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Between Patriarchal Intimacy and Sovereign Violence
This article discusses the role of male circumcision in upholding Turkish religio-national unity by examining two logics of domination: the contractual logic and the sovereign logic. While the former provides male subjects with the opportunity of visibility, inclusion, and recognition on the condition of renouncing ethnic, racial, and political affiliations, the latter exposes them to arbitrary, unconditional, and unrestrained violence as punishm…
Neoliberalism, welfare, and mass male circumcisions in Turkey
This article explores the neoliberalization of mass male circumcisions, a type of social assistance in Turkey. Male circumcision is a religious and medical practice widely performed in Muslim-majority Turkey, and when this procedure is organised for the poor in large numbers, it is referred to as mass male circumcisions. The article argues that since the 2000s, the AKP (Justice and Development Party) has neoliberalized mass male circumcision by t…
The self-making of the scientific circumciser (fenni sünnetçi): The medicalization of male circumcision in Turkey
You are Like a Virus: Dangerous Bodies and Military Medical Authority in Turkey
Using in-depth interviews, I analyze the military medical inspections that conscripts in Turkey are required to undergo if they request an exemption from compulsory military service based on their homosexuality. The inspections respond to the Turkish military's two main needs: Through these inspections, on the one hand, the military attempts to exclude feminine/dangerous bodies threatening its order based on homosocial bonding, thereby maintainin…
You are Like a Virus: Dangerous Bodies and Military Medical Authority in Turkey
Using in-depth interviews, I analyze the military medical inspections that conscripts in Turkey are required to undergo if they request an exemption from compulsory military service based on their homosexuality. The inspections respond to the Turkish military's two main needs: Through these inspections, on the one hand, the military attempts to exclude feminine/dangerous bodies threatening its order based on homosocial bonding, thereby maintainin…
Neoliberalism, welfare, and mass male circumcisions in Turkey
This article explores the neoliberalization of mass male circumcisions, a type of social assistance in Turkey. Male circumcision is a religious and medical practice widely performed in Muslim-majority Turkey, and when this procedure is organised for the poor in large numbers, it is referred to as mass male circumcisions. The article argues that since the 2000s, the AKP (Justice and Development Party) has neoliberalized mass male circumcision by t…
You are Like a Virus: Dangerous Bodies and Military Medical Authority in Turkey
Using in-depth interviews, I analyze the military medical inspections that conscripts in Turkey are required to undergo if they request an exemption from compulsory military service based on their homosexuality. The inspections respond to the Turkish military's two main needs: Through these inspections, on the one hand, the military attempts to exclude feminine/dangerous bodies threatening its order based on homosocial bonding, thereby maintainin…
Neoliberalism, welfare, and mass male circumcisions in Turkey
This article explores the neoliberalization of mass male circumcisions, a type of social assistance in Turkey. Male circumcision is a religious and medical practice widely performed in Muslim-majority Turkey, and when this procedure is organised for the poor in large numbers, it is referred to as mass male circumcisions. The article argues that since the 2000s, the AKP (Justice and Development Party) has neoliberalized mass male circumcision by t…
The self-making of the scientific circumciser (fenni sünnetçi): The medicalization of male circumcision in Turkey
Between Patriarchal Intimacy and Sovereign Violence
This article discusses the role of male circumcision in upholding Turkish religio-national unity by examining two logics of domination: the contractual logic and the sovereign logic. While the former provides male subjects with the opportunity of visibility, inclusion, and recognition on the condition of renouncing ethnic, racial, and political affiliations, the latter exposes them to arbitrary, unconditional, and unrestrained violence as punishm…
Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Turkish (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Demography (1 works)