Asu Aksoy
Biographic Data
| ID | 815170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asu Aksoy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asu |
| FAMILY NAME | Aksoy |
| SIGNATURE | AKSOY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Istanbul Bilgi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6195-6645 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 164 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Politics of Loss in a World Heritage Site: The Case of the Historic Vegetable Gardens of the Land Walls of Istanbul
This paper addresses issues concerning the Istanbul Land Walls Component Area, part of the World Heritage Site of the Historic Areas of Istanbul. The discussion focuses on the conservation status of the historic vegetable gardens (bostanlar in Turkish) in the area adjacent to the monument. The central concern is with the problematical situation, where the agricultural space and culture of the gardens are being denied heritage status, and are pres…
Cultural Politics and Conquest Culture
In this article, the authors explore recent developments in urban regeneration in Istanbul, and specifically in the important historic district of Beyoğlu. In one respect, these developments, which are linked to the promotion of cruise ship tourism, are on the same predictable lines as neoliberal projects in other cities across the world. Significantly, in the Istanbul context, local agency is being sidelined, and projects are being financed and …
Transnationalism, Migration and the Challenge to Europe: The Enlargement of Meaning
Transnationalism, Migration and the Challenge to Europe: The Enlargement of Meaning puts forward an alternative outline for thinking about migration in a European context. Moving beyond the agenda of identity politics, the book addresses possibilities more related to the experiential and existential dimensions of migratory – and importantly, post-migratory – lives. Examining the fundamental and radical argument that migrants should be regarded no…
Storm over the state cultural institutions: New cultural policy direction in Turkey
In this article, we discuss the new cultural policy of the present AK Party government towards the State Theatre in Turkey. AK Party government has made clear its intention to terminate the status of state performing arts institutions as state-funded operations. We show that the new policy involves a re-thinking of the role of the state in cultural provision, and, furthermore, a re-thinking in the light of AK Party’s conservative political princi…
Heritage, Memory, Debris: Sulukule, Don't Forget
Riding the storm: ‘New Istanbul’
Istanbul is faced with a fundamental dilemma: on the one hand, there is the logic of globalizing the city that is animated and driven by a top-down political ambition; with its drive for wealth creation and increase in the standard of living, for some of its inhabitants at least, through producing the city as a real-estate proposition. And, on the other, there is the principle of the public city with its concern over the common good—inclusive cit…
Istanbul’s Choice
Transnational Virtues and Cool Loyalties: Responses of Turkish-Speaking Migrants in London to September 11
This article examines the responses of Turkish-speaking migrants in London to the events surrounding September 11. I argue that they have developed a ‘transnational sensibility’ which was rendered problematic when political leaders demanded loyalty to ‘us’ and opposition to ‘them’. A transnational sensibility defies the logics and loyalties of modern political systems. The limits of multicultural tolerance are reached: transnational identities an…
The Enlargement of Meaning: Social Demand in a Transnational Context
This article explores the idea of social demand, as developed by Marc Raboy and his colleagues, with reference to the media consumption of Turkish-speaking migrants living in London. The authors begin by reflecting on the conceptual and theoretical framework within which it might be possible to understand the nature of social demand in such a transnational context. They argue that it is necessary to move beyond the categories that have been used …
From spaces of identity to mental spaces: Lessons from Turkish-Cypriot cultural experience in Britain
This article is concerned with the culture of Turkish Cypriots in Britain, and at the same time with the problems of finding an adequate theoretical language to theorise those experiences. First, it seeks to bring out the particularity of Turkish-Cypriot culture, located as it is between British, Cypriot and Turkish reference points. We argue that this is a culture that is distinctively, and often uncomfortably, placed between national and transn…
Thinking across spaces: Transnational television from Turkey
This article is concerned with the development of transnational television from Turkey, particularly across the European space. First, it seeks to provide an overview of which channels are currently available, emphasizing the new variety – from the programming of the state broadcaster (TRT), through a vibrant array of new commercial broadcasters, to new Muslim channels. Then we move on to look at the implications of these new developments for Tur…
Modernism and the millennium: Trial by space in Istanbul
Are those with the best of social intentions, but guided by modernism, nevertheless building a future that is essentially for the affluent and privileged? Where does this leave those already marginalised? The authors explore these contradictions as they are played out on the periphery of Istanbul
Peripheral vision: Cultural industries and cultural identities in Turkey
We consider recent developments in the cultural industries in Turkey, with particular reference to television broadcasting. We seek to show how recent transformations in the industry have been associated with significant developments in Turkish cultural identity. Historically, broadcasting has existed under the monopoly of the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Authority (TRT), and functioned very much as a voice of the Kemalist ideology of t…
Istanbul between civilisation and discontent
If the global city represents the tail‐end of our civilisation, then what kind of city and civilisation could be established as an alternative? This question lies at the root of the dilemmas encountered by the global city but it rarely surfaces in the public arena. The question is now being posed, however, in Istanbul and steps towards the realisation of an alternative are under way. What is at issue? What can we learn
Istanbul between civilisation and discontent
Istanbul Rising: Returning the Repressed to Urban Culture
This article takes as its starting point the debates on urban globalization and the formation of world cities. Its substantive focus is on the developments that are potentially transforming Istanbul into a global metrop olis. We consider the attempts being made by the urban elites to modernize the urban structure and form, in line with economic strategies taking place in other world cities. The article then moves on to consider the urban culture …
Istanbul between Civilization and Discontent
In the context of economic globalisation and the new international order taking shape after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Istanbul is assuming a new and strategic prominence in the world. What kind of city is Istanbul likely to become in its next phase of existence? What can we say of the urban culture and of the sense of urbanity that are now developing there? There are those who maintain that the new Istanbul is again becoming a cosmopolita…
Global Media and Cultural Identity in Turkey
Hollywood for the 21st century: Global competition for critical mass in image markets
This article undertakes a critique of the arguments put forward by Michael Storper and Susan Christopherson which suggest that the development of Hollywood's motion picture industry can be understood in terms of the flexible specialization perspective. It puts forward an alternative perspective that views transformations in the film and media industries in terms, rather, of increasing globalism and corporate integration. This alternative approach…
The Changing Corporate Head Office and its Spatial Implications
AKSOY A. and MARSHALL N. (1992) The changing corporate head office and its spatial implications, Reg. Studies 26, 149–162. A substantial body of literature suggests that, during the 1980s, large firms reorganized in response to volatility in product markets and in a search for new competitive advantage. Using evidence from a survey of twenty large firm head offices in Great Britain, this paper examines the extent of large firm reorganization and …
Exterminating angels: Morality, violence and technology in the gulf war
Computers are not dynamos
Thinking across spaces: Transnational television from Turkey
This article is concerned with the development of transnational television from Turkey, particularly across the European space. First, it seeks to provide an overview of which channels are currently available, emphasizing the new variety – from the programming of the state broadcaster (TRT), through a vibrant array of new commercial broadcasters, to new Muslim channels. Then we move on to look at the implications of these new developments for Tur…
Global Media and Cultural Identity in Turkey
From spaces of identity to mental spaces: Lessons from Turkish-Cypriot cultural experience in Britain
This article is concerned with the culture of Turkish Cypriots in Britain, and at the same time with the problems of finding an adequate theoretical language to theorise those experiences. First, it seeks to bring out the particularity of Turkish-Cypriot culture, located as it is between British, Cypriot and Turkish reference points. We argue that this is a culture that is distinctively, and often uncomfortably, placed between national and transn…
Istanbul between Civilization and Discontent
In the context of economic globalisation and the new international order taking shape after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Istanbul is assuming a new and strategic prominence in the world. What kind of city is Istanbul likely to become in its next phase of existence? What can we say of the urban culture and of the sense of urbanity that are now developing there? There are those who maintain that the new Istanbul is again becoming a cosmopolita…
Riding the storm: ‘New Istanbul’
Istanbul is faced with a fundamental dilemma: on the one hand, there is the logic of globalizing the city that is animated and driven by a top-down political ambition; with its drive for wealth creation and increase in the standard of living, for some of its inhabitants at least, through producing the city as a real-estate proposition. And, on the other, there is the principle of the public city with its concern over the common good—inclusive cit…
The Changing Corporate Head Office and its Spatial Implications
AKSOY A. and MARSHALL N. (1992) The changing corporate head office and its spatial implications, Reg. Studies 26, 149–162. A substantial body of literature suggests that, during the 1980s, large firms reorganized in response to volatility in product markets and in a search for new competitive advantage. Using evidence from a survey of twenty large firm head offices in Great Britain, this paper examines the extent of large firm reorganization and …
Storm over the state cultural institutions: New cultural policy direction in Turkey
In this article, we discuss the new cultural policy of the present AK Party government towards the State Theatre in Turkey. AK Party government has made clear its intention to terminate the status of state performing arts institutions as state-funded operations. We show that the new policy involves a re-thinking of the role of the state in cultural provision, and, furthermore, a re-thinking in the light of AK Party’s conservative political princi…
Istanbul Rising: Returning the Repressed to Urban Culture
This article takes as its starting point the debates on urban globalization and the formation of world cities. Its substantive focus is on the developments that are potentially transforming Istanbul into a global metrop olis. We consider the attempts being made by the urban elites to modernize the urban structure and form, in line with economic strategies taking place in other world cities. The article then moves on to consider the urban culture …
The Enlargement of Meaning: Social Demand in a Transnational Context
This article explores the idea of social demand, as developed by Marc Raboy and his colleagues, with reference to the media consumption of Turkish-speaking migrants living in London. The authors begin by reflecting on the conceptual and theoretical framework within which it might be possible to understand the nature of social demand in such a transnational context. They argue that it is necessary to move beyond the categories that have been used …
Transnational Virtues and Cool Loyalties: Responses of Turkish-Speaking Migrants in London to September 11
This article examines the responses of Turkish-speaking migrants in London to the events surrounding September 11. I argue that they have developed a ‘transnational sensibility’ which was rendered problematic when political leaders demanded loyalty to ‘us’ and opposition to ‘them’. A transnational sensibility defies the logics and loyalties of modern political systems. The limits of multicultural tolerance are reached: transnational identities an…
Cultural Politics and Conquest Culture
In this article, the authors explore recent developments in urban regeneration in Istanbul, and specifically in the important historic district of Beyoğlu. In one respect, these developments, which are linked to the promotion of cruise ship tourism, are on the same predictable lines as neoliberal projects in other cities across the world. Significantly, in the Istanbul context, local agency is being sidelined, and projects are being financed and …
Modernism and the millennium: Trial by space in Istanbul
Are those with the best of social intentions, but guided by modernism, nevertheless building a future that is essentially for the affluent and privileged? Where does this leave those already marginalised? The authors explore these contradictions as they are played out on the periphery of Istanbul
Exterminating angels: Morality, violence and technology in the gulf war
Istanbul’s Choice
Istanbul between civilisation and discontent
If the global city represents the tail‐end of our civilisation, then what kind of city and civilisation could be established as an alternative? This question lies at the root of the dilemmas encountered by the global city but it rarely surfaces in the public arena. The question is now being posed, however, in Istanbul and steps towards the realisation of an alternative are under way. What is at issue? What can we learn
Peripheral vision: Cultural industries and cultural identities in Turkey
We consider recent developments in the cultural industries in Turkey, with particular reference to television broadcasting. We seek to show how recent transformations in the industry have been associated with significant developments in Turkish cultural identity. Historically, broadcasting has existed under the monopoly of the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Authority (TRT), and functioned very much as a voice of the Kemalist ideology of t…
Exterminating angels: Morality, violence and technology in the gulf war
Computers are not dynamos
Hollywood for the 21st century: Global competition for critical mass in image markets
This article undertakes a critique of the arguments put forward by Michael Storper and Susan Christopherson which suggest that the development of Hollywood's motion picture industry can be understood in terms of the flexible specialization perspective. It puts forward an alternative perspective that views transformations in the film and media industries in terms, rather, of increasing globalism and corporate integration. This alternative approach…
The Changing Corporate Head Office and its Spatial Implications
AKSOY A. and MARSHALL N. (1992) The changing corporate head office and its spatial implications, Reg. Studies 26, 149–162. A substantial body of literature suggests that, during the 1980s, large firms reorganized in response to volatility in product markets and in a search for new competitive advantage. Using evidence from a survey of twenty large firm head offices in Great Britain, this paper examines the extent of large firm reorganization and …
Global Media and Cultural Identity in Turkey
Istanbul between Civilization and Discontent
In the context of economic globalisation and the new international order taking shape after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Istanbul is assuming a new and strategic prominence in the world. What kind of city is Istanbul likely to become in its next phase of existence? What can we say of the urban culture and of the sense of urbanity that are now developing there? There are those who maintain that the new Istanbul is again becoming a cosmopolita…
Istanbul Rising: Returning the Repressed to Urban Culture
This article takes as its starting point the debates on urban globalization and the formation of world cities. Its substantive focus is on the developments that are potentially transforming Istanbul into a global metrop olis. We consider the attempts being made by the urban elites to modernize the urban structure and form, in line with economic strategies taking place in other world cities. The article then moves on to consider the urban culture …
Istanbul between civilisation and discontent
If the global city represents the tail‐end of our civilisation, then what kind of city and civilisation could be established as an alternative? This question lies at the root of the dilemmas encountered by the global city but it rarely surfaces in the public arena. The question is now being posed, however, in Istanbul and steps towards the realisation of an alternative are under way. What is at issue? What can we learn
Istanbul between civilisation and discontent
Modernism and the millennium: Trial by space in Istanbul
Are those with the best of social intentions, but guided by modernism, nevertheless building a future that is essentially for the affluent and privileged? Where does this leave those already marginalised? The authors explore these contradictions as they are played out on the periphery of Istanbul
Peripheral vision: Cultural industries and cultural identities in Turkey
We consider recent developments in the cultural industries in Turkey, with particular reference to television broadcasting. We seek to show how recent transformations in the industry have been associated with significant developments in Turkish cultural identity. Historically, broadcasting has existed under the monopoly of the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Authority (TRT), and functioned very much as a voice of the Kemalist ideology of t…
Thinking across spaces: Transnational television from Turkey
This article is concerned with the development of transnational television from Turkey, particularly across the European space. First, it seeks to provide an overview of which channels are currently available, emphasizing the new variety – from the programming of the state broadcaster (TRT), through a vibrant array of new commercial broadcasters, to new Muslim channels. Then we move on to look at the implications of these new developments for Tur…
From spaces of identity to mental spaces: Lessons from Turkish-Cypriot cultural experience in Britain
This article is concerned with the culture of Turkish Cypriots in Britain, and at the same time with the problems of finding an adequate theoretical language to theorise those experiences. First, it seeks to bring out the particularity of Turkish-Cypriot culture, located as it is between British, Cypriot and Turkish reference points. We argue that this is a culture that is distinctively, and often uncomfortably, placed between national and transn…
The Enlargement of Meaning: Social Demand in a Transnational Context
This article explores the idea of social demand, as developed by Marc Raboy and his colleagues, with reference to the media consumption of Turkish-speaking migrants living in London. The authors begin by reflecting on the conceptual and theoretical framework within which it might be possible to understand the nature of social demand in such a transnational context. They argue that it is necessary to move beyond the categories that have been used …
Transnational Virtues and Cool Loyalties: Responses of Turkish-Speaking Migrants in London to September 11
This article examines the responses of Turkish-speaking migrants in London to the events surrounding September 11. I argue that they have developed a ‘transnational sensibility’ which was rendered problematic when political leaders demanded loyalty to ‘us’ and opposition to ‘them’. A transnational sensibility defies the logics and loyalties of modern political systems. The limits of multicultural tolerance are reached: transnational identities an…
Istanbul’s Choice
Heritage, Memory, Debris: Sulukule, Don't Forget
Riding the storm: ‘New Istanbul’
Istanbul is faced with a fundamental dilemma: on the one hand, there is the logic of globalizing the city that is animated and driven by a top-down political ambition; with its drive for wealth creation and increase in the standard of living, for some of its inhabitants at least, through producing the city as a real-estate proposition. And, on the other, there is the principle of the public city with its concern over the common good—inclusive cit…
Storm over the state cultural institutions: New cultural policy direction in Turkey
In this article, we discuss the new cultural policy of the present AK Party government towards the State Theatre in Turkey. AK Party government has made clear its intention to terminate the status of state performing arts institutions as state-funded operations. We show that the new policy involves a re-thinking of the role of the state in cultural provision, and, furthermore, a re-thinking in the light of AK Party’s conservative political princi…
Transnationalism, Migration and the Challenge to Europe: The Enlargement of Meaning
Transnationalism, Migration and the Challenge to Europe: The Enlargement of Meaning puts forward an alternative outline for thinking about migration in a European context. Moving beyond the agenda of identity politics, the book addresses possibilities more related to the experiential and existential dimensions of migratory – and importantly, post-migratory – lives. Examining the fundamental and radical argument that migrants should be regarded no…
Politics of Loss in a World Heritage Site: The Case of the Historic Vegetable Gardens of the Land Walls of Istanbul
This paper addresses issues concerning the Istanbul Land Walls Component Area, part of the World Heritage Site of the Historic Areas of Istanbul. The discussion focuses on the conservation status of the historic vegetable gardens (bostanlar in Turkish) in the area adjacent to the monument. The central concern is with the problematical situation, where the agricultural space and culture of the gardens are being denied heritage status, and are pres…
Cultural Politics and Conquest Culture
In this article, the authors explore recent developments in urban regeneration in Istanbul, and specifically in the important historic district of Beyoğlu. In one respect, these developments, which are linked to the promotion of cruise ship tourism, are on the same predictable lines as neoliberal projects in other cities across the world. Significantly, in the Istanbul context, local agency is being sidelined, and projects are being financed and …
Political science (18 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Law (13 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Media studies (6 works)