1st Edition
Digital Networks and the Transformation of Civil Society Taksim Solidarity in Post-Gezi Turkey
Introduction: From Gezi to Digital Afterlife Chapter 1: How Digital Networks Have Changed Social Movements Chapter 2: Turkey’s Political Landscape and the Legacy of Gezi Chapter 3: Fragmented Networks: Internal Cohesion in Taksim Solidarity Chapter 4: Communication with the Supporter Base Chapter 5: The Communicative Organization: Internal Digital Strategy and Discourse Alignment Chapter 6: Big Disconnection: Structural Barriers to Digital Cohesion Epilogue: Lessons on Digital Infrastructure and Civic Durability
Biography
Can Türe is a lecturer in the Media department of Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. He holds a doctorate from Middle East Technical University. He was a DAAD doctoral fellow at the Center of Comparative Research on Democracy of the Humboldt University in Berlin. With an interdisciplinary background in communication and political science, his research focuses on online social movements, digital activism, Turkish politics and media. His work blends computational methods with qualitative inquiry to investigate the long-term dynamics of social movements.
