Essays about: "SOCIAL JUSTICE in turkey"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words SOCIAL JUSTICE in turkey.

1. 1. "Enough is Enough!" : political engagement on Twitter in the case of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul convention

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Hülya Bakca; [2023]
   Keywords : civic engagement; political engagement; censorship; social movements; violence against women; woman s rights; counter democracy; social media; hashtag; #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır; #istanbulconventionsaveslives; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research analyzes the political engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter, in which underrepresented groups and individuals search for democratic public space to mobilize against injustice. With this in mind, the study focuses on the civic engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter with the hashtag #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır, which translates to‘istanbulconventionsaveslives’. READ MORE

3. 2. Governing Gendered Subjects through Political Islamist Discourses: A Social Policy Analysis on Gender-based Violence in Turkey

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Zeynep Topalan; [2015]
   Keywords : political Islamist discourses; The Justice and Development Party; The National Action Plan- Fighting against Family Violence; gender-based violence; policy discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how political Islam as an ideology of the Turkish state has constructed gender roles and influenced gender-based violence in Turkey. The political Islam, as a term, refers to a broad political movement. READ MORE

4. 3. The re-entry of the Islamic headscarf in Turkish Parliament, A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Reactions

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Anna Hagberg; [2014]
   Keywords : hijab; headscarf; Islamic headscarf; Turkey; orientalism; feminism; critical discourse analysis; CHP; AKP;

   Abstract : This thesis investigated the reactions to the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) recent lift of the ban against the Islamic headscarf in the Turkish Parliament. The reactions by the oppositional party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), were analysed through Norman Fairclough’s understanding of critical discourse analysis, which aims to illuminate unequal power relations created or recreated by the production of discursive practises, which is believed to ultimately affect social practises. READ MORE

5. 4. A Tale of an Uneven Urban Development: The socio-economic and socio-cultural contradictions of Tarlabasi Renewal Project

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Sara Pinar Onder; [2012]
   Keywords : Urban transformation; Tarlabasi Renewal Project; Henri Lefebvre s spatial triad; urban neoliberalization; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper audits, theoretically and empirically, how the nature of the renewal projects in Turkey and social justice are closely connected by looking at spatial and urban politics with a special emphasis on the case of Tarlabasi Neighborhood in Istanbul. Based upon the theoretical framework of Henri Lefebvre's spatial triad, the study aims to illustrate the socio-economic and socio-cultural contradictions of the urban regime in Turkey. READ MORE

6. 5. The situation of freedom of expression - Turkey and the European Union

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap

   Author : Arminé Kanakanian; [2007]
   Keywords : freedom of expression; human rights; article 10; turkey; EU; article 301; Turkish penal code; ECHR; EKMR; yttrandefrihet; mänskliga rättigheter;

   Abstract : Abstract This study will shed light on the meaning of article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code and its inconformity with fundamental principles of the European Union and fundamental human rights. The trial of Nobel Prize winner, Mr Orhan Pamuk and the killing of Mr Hrant Dink in January 2007 have both put focus on the notorious article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code. READ MORE