Haktan Ural
Biographic Data
| ID | 4607415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Haktan Ural |
| GIVEN NAMES | Haktan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ural |
| SIGNATURE | URAL H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ankara University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6991-8037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
YouTube as an Affective Infrastructure in the Transnationalisation of Anatolian Rock
Transnationality has recently become a central analytical lens for inquiries into how cultural elements circulate and acquire meaning beyond national boundaries. In recent years, Anatolian rock has emerged as a compelling case for understanding how genres circulate and gather new publics across borders. Accordingly, this study analyses English-language comments on the Anatolian Rock Revival Project YouTube channel to examine the transnational flo…
Indebted Futures
This article examines how student indebtedness shapes the transition to adulthood within Turkey’s familialist welfare regime. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 19 university graduates who received student loans, it reveals that debt is not merely a financial burden but a relational condition mediated by labour market precarity and familial dependence. While familial support helps young people navigate unemployment and low-income jobs, it also d…
From anti-gender discourse to homonegative values
This study analyzes how anti-gender discourses reshape public attitudes towards homosexuality in Turkey by analysing World Values Survey data from 2011 (Wave 6) and 2018 (Wave 7). Moving beyond modernization theory’s view that economic development fosters tolerance and diversity, the analysis identifies a critical shift in the sources of homonegativity over time. In 2011, attitudes were largely shaped by education, regional development, and age, …
The translation of moral panic into misogynist e-bile
In this paper, we examine a recent incident involving Gülşen, a Turkish singer who was brutally attacked on Twitter (now X), and demonstrate how moral panics translate into misogynist e-bile and violent cyber-attacks, both of which reinforce a polarized political environment. We analysed tweets posted 24–August 30 2022 and show that e-bile was used distinctly more often by opponents of Gülşen who are characterized by religiously conservative norm…
Rethinking affective publics as media rituals through temporality, performativity and liminality
This article calls for a rethinking of the formation of affective publics as a ritual process. Given the particularities of networked media, I suggest that media rituals extend into the formation of affective publics celebrating imagined collectivities in a fashion of collaborative storytelling. This is a transitional process in which a collectivity is validated, affirmed and reinforced through ritual actions. To illustrate this dynamic, I sugges…
Affective intensities of polarization
This study examines discursive articulations in mainstream news media in Turkey, through which the Islamist/secularist divide is imagined. Building upon discourse-theoretical analysis and affect theory, the study states that news media become the ultimate domain in which polarization is fuelled by affective forces. To illustrate this point, I draw upon the representations of Istanbul’s conquest by Ottoman forces, as a privileged signifier in arti…
Media representations of young people during pandemic times in Turkey
This study discusses patterns of media representations of Turkish youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially, during the early lockdowns. We focus on media narratives as discursive practices, with the pandemic being the main object of these narratives. Building upon a thematic analysis of mainstream news media, we suggest that discursive representations portray young people along the axis of responsibilities and vulnerabilities. Along this ax…
Public Spheres of Resonance
Turkishness on the stage
This study examines the Eurovision stage as a cultural space that cultivated an affective-discursive terrain forging Turkish national identity. It draws upon the media texts as a heuristic to examine how an image of ‘Turkishness’ was created and negotiated. Focusing in particular on four specific cases (Semiha Yankı in 1975, Çetin Alp in 1983, Şebnem Paker in 1997 and Sertab Erener in 2003), this study suggests that the Eurovision stage was a spa…
Class and Habitus in the Formation of Gay Identities, Masculinities, and Respectability in Turkey
This article examines how gay men engage with masculine respectability in urban Turkey. Our analysis of twenty-four in-depth interviews in Ankara shows that gay men’s self-presentation generally conforms to the expectations of masculine appearance and behavior in their class-based social circles. Thus we argue that social class and habitus are important for the norms of masculine respectability with a marked difference between lower-class/traditi…
Class and Habitus in the Formation of Gay Identities, Masculinities, and Respectability in Turkey
This article examines how gay men engage with masculine respectability in urban Turkey. Our analysis of twenty-four in-depth interviews in Ankara shows that gay men’s self-presentation generally conforms to the expectations of masculine appearance and behavior in their class-based social circles. Thus we argue that social class and habitus are important for the norms of masculine respectability with a marked difference between lower-class/traditi…
Rethinking affective publics as media rituals through temporality, performativity and liminality
This article calls for a rethinking of the formation of affective publics as a ritual process. Given the particularities of networked media, I suggest that media rituals extend into the formation of affective publics celebrating imagined collectivities in a fashion of collaborative storytelling. This is a transitional process in which a collectivity is validated, affirmed and reinforced through ritual actions. To illustrate this dynamic, I sugges…
Affective intensities of polarization
This study examines discursive articulations in mainstream news media in Turkey, through which the Islamist/secularist divide is imagined. Building upon discourse-theoretical analysis and affect theory, the study states that news media become the ultimate domain in which polarization is fuelled by affective forces. To illustrate this point, I draw upon the representations of Istanbul’s conquest by Ottoman forces, as a privileged signifier in arti…
Turkishness on the stage
This study examines the Eurovision stage as a cultural space that cultivated an affective-discursive terrain forging Turkish national identity. It draws upon the media texts as a heuristic to examine how an image of ‘Turkishness’ was created and negotiated. Focusing in particular on four specific cases (Semiha Yankı in 1975, Çetin Alp in 1983, Şebnem Paker in 1997 and Sertab Erener in 2003), this study suggests that the Eurovision stage was a spa…
Class and Habitus in the Formation of Gay Identities, Masculinities, and Respectability in Turkey
This article examines how gay men engage with masculine respectability in urban Turkey. Our analysis of twenty-four in-depth interviews in Ankara shows that gay men’s self-presentation generally conforms to the expectations of masculine appearance and behavior in their class-based social circles. Thus we argue that social class and habitus are important for the norms of masculine respectability with a marked difference between lower-class/traditi…
Turkishness on the stage
This study examines the Eurovision stage as a cultural space that cultivated an affective-discursive terrain forging Turkish national identity. It draws upon the media texts as a heuristic to examine how an image of ‘Turkishness’ was created and negotiated. Focusing in particular on four specific cases (Semiha Yankı in 1975, Çetin Alp in 1983, Şebnem Paker in 1997 and Sertab Erener in 2003), this study suggests that the Eurovision stage was a spa…
Public Spheres of Resonance
Affective intensities of polarization
This study examines discursive articulations in mainstream news media in Turkey, through which the Islamist/secularist divide is imagined. Building upon discourse-theoretical analysis and affect theory, the study states that news media become the ultimate domain in which polarization is fuelled by affective forces. To illustrate this point, I draw upon the representations of Istanbul’s conquest by Ottoman forces, as a privileged signifier in arti…
Media representations of young people during pandemic times in Turkey
This study discusses patterns of media representations of Turkish youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially, during the early lockdowns. We focus on media narratives as discursive practices, with the pandemic being the main object of these narratives. Building upon a thematic analysis of mainstream news media, we suggest that discursive representations portray young people along the axis of responsibilities and vulnerabilities. Along this ax…
Rethinking affective publics as media rituals through temporality, performativity and liminality
This article calls for a rethinking of the formation of affective publics as a ritual process. Given the particularities of networked media, I suggest that media rituals extend into the formation of affective publics celebrating imagined collectivities in a fashion of collaborative storytelling. This is a transitional process in which a collectivity is validated, affirmed and reinforced through ritual actions. To illustrate this dynamic, I sugges…
The translation of moral panic into misogynist e-bile
In this paper, we examine a recent incident involving Gülşen, a Turkish singer who was brutally attacked on Twitter (now X), and demonstrate how moral panics translate into misogynist e-bile and violent cyber-attacks, both of which reinforce a polarized political environment. We analysed tweets posted 24–August 30 2022 and show that e-bile was used distinctly more often by opponents of Gülşen who are characterized by religiously conservative norm…
YouTube as an Affective Infrastructure in the Transnationalisation of Anatolian Rock
Transnationality has recently become a central analytical lens for inquiries into how cultural elements circulate and acquire meaning beyond national boundaries. In recent years, Anatolian rock has emerged as a compelling case for understanding how genres circulate and gather new publics across borders. Accordingly, this study analyses English-language comments on the Anatolian Rock Revival Project YouTube channel to examine the transnational flo…
Indebted Futures
This article examines how student indebtedness shapes the transition to adulthood within Turkey’s familialist welfare regime. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 19 university graduates who received student loans, it reveals that debt is not merely a financial burden but a relational condition mediated by labour market precarity and familial dependence. While familial support helps young people navigate unemployment and low-income jobs, it also d…
From anti-gender discourse to homonegative values
This study analyzes how anti-gender discourses reshape public attitudes towards homosexuality in Turkey by analysing World Values Survey data from 2011 (Wave 6) and 2018 (Wave 7). Moving beyond modernization theory’s view that economic development fosters tolerance and diversity, the analysis identifies a critical shift in the sources of homonegativity over time. In 2011, attitudes were largely shaped by education, regional development, and age, …
Sociology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Narrative (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works)