Queer Politics in Contemporary Turkey

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Drawing on the words and stories of queer Turkish activists, this book aims to unravel the complexities of queer lives in Turkey. In doing so, it challenges dominant conceptualizations of the queer Turkish experience within critical security discourses. The book argues that while queer Turks are subjected to insatiate forms of insecurity in their governance, opportunities for emancipatory resistance have emerged alongside these abuses. In doing so, the book identities the ways in which the state, the family, Turkish Islam and other socially-meditated processes and agencies can expose or protect queers from violence in the Turkish community. Front Cover Half Title Series Queer Politics in Contemporary Turkey Copyright information Dedication Table of contents Preface Introduction Come, darling! (Gel, ayol!)1 Resist, darling! (Diren, ayol!) Turkey Structure 1 The Ambiguities of Queer Research Fieldwork Queer encounters 2 Turkish Governmentality: A Genealogy of Heteropatriarchal Nationalism An introduction to straight nation-building The First Republic: 1923–1960 The Second Republic: 1960–1980 The Third Republic: 1980–present Conclusion 3 Assembling Turkish Queers The queer assemblage Activism Turkish Islam The military: the guardians of the republic Neo-sultanism: life under Erdogan Family The media and hate speech Conclusion 4 Assembling Trans Identity Hope Trans as assemblage Bülent Ersoy Passable Resisting necrosexuality: trans identity and sex work Reclaiming trans identity Conclusion Appendix: recorded murders of trans people in Turkey, 2008–2015 5 The Queer Common Introduction Gezi Park Gezi Park as queer common The common as heuristic The common as social divine The common as queering Conclusion Conclusion Hooking up “I’m addicted to the gas” “Where are you staying?” The homosexualist Ikea Police Post-porn Queer others Notes List of Interviews References Index Back Cover