Reconsidering social movements in Turkey
The case of the 1968-71 protest cycle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6094413 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emin Alper (Istanbul Technical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Pages | 63-96 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Perspectives on Turkey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-6346 • E-ISSN: 1305-3299 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s089663460000577x |
| OpenAlex | W2206480408 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 22 |
The years between 1968 and 1971 in Turkey were unprecedented in terms of rising social protests instigated by students, workers, peasants, teachers and white-collar workers. However, these social movements have received very limited scholarly attention, and the existing literature is marred by many flaws. The scarce literature has mainly provided an economic determinist framework for understanding the massive mobilizations of the period, by stressing the worsening economic conditions of the masses. However, these explanations cannot be verified by data. This article tries to provide an alternative, mainly political explanation for the protest cycle of 1968-71, relying on the “political process” model of social movement studies. It suggests that the change in the power balance of organized groups in politics, which was spearheaded by a prolonged elite conflict between the Kemalist bureaucracy and the political elite of the center-right, provided significant opportunities to under-represented groups to organize and raise their voices
Balance (ability · Bureaucracy · Contentious politics · Elite · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social movement · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Turkey's Politics and Society
Revueltas y movilizaciones populares en el Rif
Social Structures of Accumulation in a Semiperiphery Country
Against austerity and repression
Encouraging coercive control
Upper-Class Youth Activism
Student protests at Boğaziçi University against Turkey’s authoritarian regime
The 1968 Political Generation in Turkey
Unusual times
Terrorism as a conceptual site for power struggles
Democracy and disorder
From mobilization to revolution
Politics of Mass Society
Dynamics of Contention
Theory of collective behavior.
Introduction
Social Movements in Politics
Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State
Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
Power in Movement
Object or Subject? The Paradox of « Youth » in Turkey
When Men Revolt and Why--A Reader in Political Violence and Revolution
Democracy and Disorder
Object or Subject? The Paradox of “Youth” in Turkey
The political opportunity structure of the Dutch peace movement
From Left Populism to Conservative Republicanism
Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970
Resource Mobilization and Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,82 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |