Turkey in the 1960s: Social Change and Political Radicalization
International conference at Hamburg University, Germany
Turkish Studies Department
June 26-28, 2014
Thursday, 26 June 2014
18:00-19:30 Keynote Çağlar Keyder: Social Change and Political Radicalization in Tur-key after Kemalism
19:30 Reception
Friday, 27 June 2014
9:00 Opening
Welcoming adresses (Director of the Turkish Studies Department Prof. Yavuz Köse) and introduction (Berna Pekesen)
Session I: Sources of radicalization
9:30-10:00 Oğuz Topak (Ankara): Why Poverty in the 1960s led to radicalization
10:00-10:30 Jenny B. White (Stockholm): Turkey in the 1970s: Cultural narratives
Coffee break
10:45-11:15 Nadir Özbek (Istanbul): Capitalism unleashed? Social policy and hate of the rich in the 1960s
11:15-11:45 Elise Massicard (Paris/Istanbul): Alevis in the 1960s: From mobility to mobilization
11:45-12:00 Commentator: Raoul Motika (Istanbul), followed by the general discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch
Session II. Rationale and characteristics of violence
14:30-15:00 Hamit Bozarslan (Paris): Political fight and martyrdom. The legitimacy of violence among radical left
15:00-15:30 Tanıl Bora (Ankara): Violent “idealists”: the iconography of self and enemies among radical right
15:30-16:00 Aysen Uysal (Izmir): States response: juridical coercion and physical force in the 1960s
Coffee break
16:15-16:45 Fatmagül Berktay (Istanbul): Gendering violence? Women activism and the left
16:45-17:15 Commentator: Kerem Öktem (London) followed by the general discussion
19:00 Joint dinner
Saturday, 28 June 2014
Session III: Radicalization of social groups
9:00-9:30 Mehmet Ertan (Istanbul): Alevis and the radical left
9:30-10:00 Heiko Schuss (Erlangen): Economic policy, interest groups and their enemies
10:00-10:30 Brian Mello (Allentown, PA): Radicalization and/or reformism in working class politics
Coffee break
10:45-11:15 Berna Pekesen (Hamburg): Radical students and their allies
11:15-11:30 Commentator: Udo Steinbach (Hamburg) followed by the general discussion
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Session IV: Symbols and rituals of radicalization
13:30-14:00 Bülent Batuman (Istanbul): Objects of Hate? Architectural symbols of the rich
14:00-14:30 Tahire Erman (Ankara): Liberated neighbourhoods in the urban periphery
14:30-15:00 Christoph Ramm (Bern): Protest music and enemy images
Coffee break
15:15-15:45 Yavuz Köse (Hamburg): Anti-consumerism and Anti-Americanism in action
15:45-16:00 Commentator: Klaus Kreiser (Berlin) followed by the final discussion
17:00 End of the conference