Queer Politics in Contemporary Turkey Kramer Paul Gordon
Queer Politics in Contemporary Turkey Kramer Paul Gordon Drawing on the words and stories of queer Turkish activists, this book aims to unravel the complexities of queer lives in Turkey. The book…
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Queer Politics in Contemporary Turkey Kramer Paul Gordon
Drawing on the words and stories of queer Turkish activists, this book aims to unravel the complexities of queer lives in Turkey. The book argues that while queer Turks are subjected to ceaseless forms of insecurity in their governance, opportunities for emancipatory resistance have emerged alongside these abuses. In doing so, it challenges dominant conceptualizations of the queer Turkish experience within critical security discourses.
It identifies the ways in which the state, the family, Turkish Islam and other socially-mediated processes and agencies can expose or protect queers from violence in the Turkish