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.
Registration and Contact: authoritarianism.ws@gmail.com