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From Exit to Voice: Reflections on Exile through the Accounts of Turkey’s Intelligentsia
Baser, Bahar; Ozturk, Ahmet Erdi
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Ahmet Erdi Ozturk
Abstract
The authoritarian turn in Turkey compelled many citizens to change life trajectories which included extreme majors such as migration and exile. Thousands of people left Turkey in the last decade, this recent wave constituting one of the largest Turkish migrations to Europe and beyond. The profile of the migrants included those who were comfortable with and/or opposed the current regime’s political and social policies, members of oppressed minority groups, Gülen movement members who are accused of orchestrating the failed 2016 coup attempt as well as white collar and secular Turkish citizens who made lifestyle migration choices because of the political and economic developments in the country. The article focuses on the narratives of a specific group within this new wave, those whom we refer to as Turkey’s intelligentsia in exile, and who decided to leave Turkey following the Gezi protests in 2013. The findings are based on 25 interviews conducted in 2021 with former academics, activists, artists, journalists and politicians who migrated to a variety of locations as a result of pending trials or arrest warrants against them, dehumanization discourse that pro-regime politicians directed toward them, as well as lack of freedom of speech and assembly.
Citation
Baser, B., & Ozturk, A. E. (2022). From Exit to Voice: Reflections on Exile through the Accounts of Turkey’s Intelligentsia. Middle East Critique, 31(4), 401-415. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2022.2132193
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 26, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 10, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022 |
Deposit Date | Oct 6, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 6, 2022 |
Journal | Middle East Critique |
Print ISSN | 1943-6149 |
Electronic ISSN | 1943-6157 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 31 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 401-415 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2022.2132193 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1192326 |
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