Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing Dispute

H. Bahadır Akın; Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin; Şeyma Akın

Article Details

Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing Dispute

Authors:

H. Bahadır Akın | Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin | Şeyma Akın

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Sosyoloji

Journal:

Journal of Economy Culture and Society Issue 67, pp.73-95

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293161

pISSN:

2645-8772

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Abstract:

 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 conservativeliberal 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.

 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 conservativeliberal 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.

 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 conservativeliberal 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.

 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 conservativeliberal 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.

Article Details

Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing Dispute

Authors:

H. Bahadır Akın | Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin | Şeyma Akın

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Sosyoloji

Journal:

Journal of Economy Culture and Society Issue 67, pp.73-95

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293161

pISSN:

2645-8772

Liberalism

Civil Society

Turkey

Gezi Protests

Frame Dispute

Issues

Article Details

Market Liberals at a Crossroads in Post-Gezi Turkiye: Making Sense of a Framing Dispute

Authors: H. Bahadır Akın | Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin | Şeyma Akın

Publisher: Istanbul University

Main Topics: Sosyoloji

Journal: Journal of Economy Culture and Society Issue 67, pp.73-95

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2023

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001293161

pISSN: 2645-8772

Liberalism

Civil Society

Turkey

Gezi Protests

Frame Dispute

Issues

Authors:

H. Bahadır Akın | Mustafa Cüneyt Özşahin | Şeyma Akın

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Sosyoloji

Journal:

Journal of Economy Culture and Society Issue 67, pp.73-95

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001293161

pISSN:

2645-8772