GEZI PARK PROTESTS FROM A BADIOUAN PERSPECTIVE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE POLITICAL SUBJECTIVIZATION OF LGBTIQ+ PEOPLE

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2022-2

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Yok, Kıvılcım Kardelen

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This thesis investigates the possibility of interpreting the Gezi Park protests, that took place in 2013 and which was one of the most important resistances in Turkish political history, through the lens of contemporary French philosopher Alain Badiou and his theory of event to the evaluate its effects on the political subjectivization of LGBTIQ+ people. It provides the demonstration of the history of transnational LGBTIQ+ movement alongside the history of the LGBTIQ+ movement in Turkey. To interpret the Gezi Park protests in the scope of the theory of event, the theory and its political interpretation are introduced as well as the trajectory and features of the protests. The thesis presents the findings of the interviews with LGBTIQ+ activists to evaluate the effects of the Gezi Park protests on political subjectivization of LGBTIQ+ people. By utilizing the theory of event and the concept of political subjectivization, this study aims to provide an explanation of what happened in Gezi Park and what it changed for the LGBTIQ+ movement in Turkey through theory testing with a field study. The thesis also reveals the potentials and limitations of the theory of event in terms of comprehensiveness of political instances.

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Gezi Park Protests, Gezi resistance, the transnational history of LGBTIQ+ movements, the history of LGBTIQ+ movement in Turkey, the theory of event, political subjectivization

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K. K. Yok, “GEZI PARK PROTESTS FROM A BADIOUAN PERSPECTIVE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE POLITICAL SUBJECTIVIZATION OF LGBTIQ+ PEOPLE,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.