Protest and Politics in Turkey in the 1970s Echoes of Dissent

1. Introduction

PART I Theoretical Framework and Methodology

2. Explaining Collective Action: The Political Process Approach and Political Opportunities

3. Methodology: Protest Event Analysis

PART II Political Opportunity Structure: Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s

4. Institutional Structure and Alliances

PART III 1970s as a Cycle of Protest: Actors, Repertoires of Action, and Issues

5. Key Actors and Organizations in the 1970s

6. Repertoires of Action: Exploring Diverse Strategies in the 1970s

7. Issues: Key Socio-Political Concerns in the 1970s

PART IV Dynamics of the Cycle: Radicalization and Repression

8. Between Radicalization and Institutionalization

9. Institutional Responses and Political Opportunity Structures: Repressive Measures in the 1970s

10. Conclusion

Biography

Selin Bengi Gümrükçü is Assistant Teaching Professor at the Department of Political Science, Rutgers University.

'Is the Erdogan government’s authoritarian turn a new version of Turkey’s 1980 military coup? This detailed analysis of the 1970s protests, their dynamics, and their culmination not only illuminates an under-researched period of movement-building, protest activity, and state repression but also helps the reader better understand the evolution of state-society relations in Turkey since then and especially today. Drawing on an array of domestic sources and an impressive grasp and application of social movement and political sociology literatures, Selin Bengi Gumrukcu’s book promises to provide a rigorous and persuasive narrative of Turkey’s political trajectory that will appeal to comparativists, theorists, and area-studies scholars alike.'

Valentine M. Moghadam, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Northeastern University, USA.

'An important corrective to the lack of any comprehensive analysis of protests and social mobilization in Turkey during the 1970s…essential reading for understanding the demise of the left, the rise of religious conservatism, and the origins of democratic backsliding in Turkey.' 

Jillian Schwedler, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA.

'Guided by the political process approach of social movement studies and applying protest event analysis, Selin Bengi Gümrükçü provides a fascinating in-depth view of the violent protest cycle of the 1970s and the 1980 coup in Turkey, which allows us to get a better understanding of contemporary Turkish politics.'

Hanspeter Kriesi, Professor of Political Science, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.