THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE AND MOMENTS OF CLASS STRUGGLE: THE CASES OF 15-16 JUNE WORKERS’ UPRISING AND GEZI RESISTANCE IN TURKEY

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2024-9

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Doğan, Onur

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This thesis examines the relationship between the production of space and moments of class struggle, focusing on two significant events in Turkey: the 15-16 June 1970 Workers’ Uprising and the 2013 Gezi Resistance. The study explores how these uprisings reflect broader socio-economic and political transformations. By analyzing these two events, the thesis aims to provide a nuanced understanding of how social space determines class struggle and the formation of social movements, by both prompting and limiting them. The research incorporates Lefebvre’s theory of the production of space, Braverman’s analysis of labor process, and Arrighi’s periodization of accumulation regimes to contextualize the events within the shifts in capitalist mode of production. The findings highlight the contrasting characteristics of these uprisings (one as a war of position through organizational continuity and the other as a sudden explosion), discuss their implications for social agency and reconsider theoretical frameworks.

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15-16 June, Gezi, production of space, moment, social movement, social agency, class struggle, accumulation regime, financialization, reconstruction of the state, social transformation, class formation, labor migration, uprising, resistance, Lefebvre, Braverman, Arrighi, Gramsci

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/111030

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis