Percent of what? Hopes, disillusions, and being a statistical other among Turkish organized atheists

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ID19224627
AuthorsThéo Malçok (École des Hautes Études Commerciales, corresponding author)
Year2026
Pages1-27
Publication date2026-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTurkish Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-3849 • E-ISSN: 1743-9663
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14683849.2026.2650536
OpenAlexW7162501391
LanguageEN
References cited28

This article explores contemporary synergies between statistics and social movements in Turkey. While scholars have focused their attention on what activists do with numbers, this article intends to study what numbers do to activists. Based on ethnographic research on organized atheism in Turkey conducted between 2018 and 2024, this article unravels the latent impact of this movement’s interest in statistics on its adherents. Organized atheists traditionally use statistics to assert themselves in a country that denies their existence. Reflecting on old and new figures, they develop in the meantime contrasted appreciations of the value of their commitment

Statistical analysis · Statistical survey · Turkish · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Religion and Society Interactions · Turkey's Politics and Society

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