Law and Memory: Walking, Sumud, and Other Ways of Resisting The Occupation of Palestine
Interview with Raja Shehadeh by Meltem Ahıska and Saygun Gökarıksel, January 19, 2019.
Meltem Ahıska
Poverty and Citizenship between “Bare Life” and the “Political”: The Case of Kavakpınar in Istanbul
The political-practical and conceptual aspects of “poverty” and their implications for discussions on “citizenship” in Turkey constitute the subject matter of this study.
Monsters That Remember: Tracing the Story of the Workers’ Monument in Tophane, İstanbul – Part III
Drawing on the previous section, I argue that the contemporary discussion about Turkey’s monuments that turn into monsters cannot be separated from the field of the state practice of erecting Atatürk monuments all over the country since the late 1920s.
Monsters That Remember: Tracing the Story of the Workers’ Monument in Tophane, İstanbul – Part II
I would argue that the concept of artificial-natural may be illuminating for understanding how the modern state commands or attempts to command memory.
Monsters That Remember: Tracing the Story of the Workers’ Monument in Tophane, İstanbul – Part I
Monuments have been erected with a claim to embody the will to remember; yet, paradoxically, they have mostly served to reify the present as a fulfilled moment of arrival, canceling the need to re-find and remember the past in the present. In other words, they contribute to the closure of the past as a dead body.
An Interview with Erbay Yucak about Bir Umut Association
Before the 1999 Marmara Earthquake we were individual people undertaking this sort of solidarity efforts. We had several though not major attempts of continuing this exercise of solidarity in the form of an association, foundation or a similar initiative.
On Nationalism With Ferhat Kentel, Meltem Ahıska and Fırat Genç
Talking about nationalism from the comfort of an armchair is one thing, but discussing nationalism after having traversed Anatolia and conducted face-to-face interviews is quite another. Let’s turn our attention to Ferhat Kentel, Fırat Genç, and Meltem Ahıska, who have conducted a seminal study titled “The Indivisible Unity of the Nation:” Nationalisms That Tear Us Apart in the Democratization Process.
