Workshop Programme May 12th - 13th 2018, University of Kassel
May 12th
09:00 - 9:30 Opening Speech: Ismail Karatepe on behalf of ICDD, RLS, GEW, Infobrief Türkei
9:30 - 12:00 Workshop I – Debates on the Transformation of the State and Authoritarianism
Moderation: Ezgi Pınar
Pınar Bedirhanoğlu: State Transformation through Financialisation: Rethinking the Power of Capital in Turkey in the Neoliberal Era
Galip Yalman: Crises in or of Neoliberalism? The Case of Turkey under AKP Rule
Errol Babacan: The Nexus between Authoritarian Neo-Liberalism and Religious Paternalism
Melehat Kutun: The Dark Side of the Moon? On the Form of the Capitalist State during the AKP Years
13:00 - 15:30 Workshop II – The Making of Authoritarianism and Social Dynamics
Moderation: Özgür Genç
Ezgi Pınar: Labour Politics in the midst of Regime Discussions
Muzaffer Kaya: The Left and the Antiauthoritarian Struggle in Turkey
Tolga Tören: Comprehending the “New” Turkey within the Context of Social Opposition: Labour and Hope from June to June
Halis Yıldırım: From the Resolution Process to the War: Kurds in the Bonapartist Period
16:00 - 18:30 Workshop III – The Making of Authoritarianism and Social Dynamics
Moderation: Melehat Kutun
Bediz Yılmaz: The Refugee Issue in Turkey: Refugee-Friendly Authoritarianism of AKP versus Xenophobic CHP
Ceren Lord: Sectarianised Securitisation, the Turkish State and Alevi Mobilisation in the AKP Era
Hakan Mertcan: The Response of Alevis and Laicism to the Rise of Political Islam
Eylem Ç. Çığ: The Populist Assault against New Social Movements and Opposition: In the Search for a National Internet in Turkey
May 13th
09:00 - 11:30 Workshop IV – International Dimension of Authoritarianism
Moderation: Zafer Yılmaz
Ahmet Bekmen: Social Transformation and Regime Change: The Cases of Turkey and Thailand
Axel Gehring: EU-Turkey Relations
Ismail Karatepe: The State and Capital: India and Turkey from a Comparative perspective
Aslı Odman: Precarization, Securitazion and Solidarity in Academia in Turkey
12:00 - 14:30 Workshop V – Building Peace and Alternatives against Authoritarianism
Moderation: Pınar Tuzcu
Zeynep Kıvılcım: Legal Strategies against Authoritarian Rule in Turkey
Ertuğ Tombuş:Theologico-Political and Populism: Understanding the Justice and Development Party's Authoritarianism
Zafer Yılmaz: Moments of Resistance and Citizenship from Gezi Uprising to 2017 Constitutional referendum in Turkey
Meral Camcı: Constructing the Language of Peace through Women's Struggles. The Case of “Women for Peace Initiative in Turkey”
15:00 - 16:00 – Evaluation of the Workshop and Further Projects: Only Speakers
Moderation: Errol Babacan
16:00 – Closing Session
Workshop Place: University of Kassel, International Center for Development and Decent Work, Kleine Rosenstraße 1 - 3.
Contact: authoritarianism.ws@gmail.com