Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing Dispute
The Gezi protests were a watershed moment for market liberals since it triggered inter-movement and intra-movement schisms. A flagship institution of market liberals, Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu (the Association of Liberal Thought) underwent such a schismatic process and, consequently, new market-libe...
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| description | The Gezi protests were a watershed moment for market liberals since it triggered inter-movement and intra-movement schisms. A flagship institution of market liberals, Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu (the Association of Liberal Thought) underwent such a schismatic process and, consequently, new market-liberal organizations arose from the schism, which was characterized by a frame dispute with the ALT over the policies pursued by the incumbent government, Justice and Development Party (JDP). The framing dispute between the two factions occurred along the lines of securing democracy versus the restriction of state power. This study delineates the root causes of the framing dispute between market liberals. To this end, two factors are proposed to account for it within the context of this paper. These two factors can be encapsulated as the growing conservative/liberal division among market liberals and entrenched interpersonal patronage networks within political circles which is closely related to the changing nature of government-civil society relations in Turkey. Drawing from semi-structured interviews, publications of market liberals, and a good number of secondary sources, we aim to shed light on the rift within market liberals in post-Gezi Turkey. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e2a827539b4b477087215905bbbbdfe02025-08-20T02:27:00ZengIstanbul University PressJournal of Economy Culture and Society2645-87722023-06-0167739510.26650/JECS2022-1099436123456Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing DisputeHilmi Bahadır Akın0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1352-6338Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-5412Şeyma Akın2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2000-2287Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Konya, TurkiyeNecmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Konya, TurkiyeNecmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Konya, TurkiyeThe Gezi protests were a watershed moment for market liberals since it triggered inter-movement and intra-movement schisms. A flagship institution of market liberals, Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu (the Association of Liberal Thought) underwent such a schismatic process and, consequently, new market-liberal organizations arose from the schism, which was characterized by a frame dispute with the ALT over the policies pursued by the incumbent government, Justice and Development Party (JDP). The framing dispute between the two factions occurred along the lines of securing democracy versus the restriction of state power. This study delineates the root causes of the framing dispute between market liberals. To this end, two factors are proposed to account for it within the context of this paper. These two factors can be encapsulated as the growing conservative/liberal division among market liberals and entrenched interpersonal patronage networks within political circles which is closely related to the changing nature of government-civil society relations in Turkey. Drawing from semi-structured interviews, publications of market liberals, and a good number of secondary sources, we aim to shed light on the rift within market liberals in post-Gezi Turkey.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/26209AB8162447E7BED4A3358764DA03liberalismcivil societyturkeygezi protestsframe dispute |
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| title | Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing Dispute |
| title_full | Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing Dispute |
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| title_sort | market liberals at a crossroads in post gezi turkiye making sense of a framing dispute |
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