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Gültekin, Ahmet Kerim; Suvari, Çakır Ceyhan

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“…Revisited evidence through historical, cultural and political analysis show that the westernisation ideal adopted by the Turkish Republic as a part of broader Turkish modernisation corresponds to an internalised notion of progress as expected by domestic colonialist governance (Arneil, 2017). Even though the abovementioned evidence was mostly gathered relative to the Kurds, colonial practices were not limited to them (see Gültekin & Suvari, 2021;Pinguet, 2019;Turkyilmaz, 2016). The superiority of the colonial agent was also evident in the Turkish case through scientific racism documented in various disciplines such as anthropology (Maksudyan, 2005), history (Sivrioğlu, 2015) and linguistics (Cagaptay, 2002).…”

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How Did ‘Turkish’ Psychology Become the Mainstream? A Discourse Analysis on the Trajectory of Its Colonial Legacy

Bayad,

Şen

2023

Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology

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Apart from a few studies after 2000, Kurds and Kurdishness are almost absent in psychology studies in Turkey. In this chapter, we argue that a domestic colonial mentality lies behind such a systematic denial that has eventually led psychology in Turkey to transform into a 'Turkish' psychology by systematically excluding various groups (i.e., Others) for the sake of the national progress principle of Turkish modernisation. We employ a decolonial approach (i.e., denaturalisation) to reveal the ruptures and continuities of colonial dichotomies via representations of Self (i.e., in-group) and Others (i.e., out-group) in psychology texts across the 20 th century by subjecting selected works of influential psychologists to discourse analysis.We found that while the 'Turkish' Self was re-constructed via Dominant, Progressive and Modern, various Others were re-constructed via Masses and Outdated interpretative repertoires across selected materials and time. As a first attempt to show a domestic colonial mentality pierced into various stages of psychological knowledge production in Turkey, our findings contribute to the critical psychology literature and open doors for further research on the scope and manifestation of coloniality in 'Turkish' psychology.

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How Did ‘Turkish’ Psychology Become the Mainstream? A Discourse Analysis on the Trajectory of Its Colonial Legacy

Bayad,

Şen

2023

Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology

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“So What If I Am Laz?” Irony, Mockery and Humor in Ethnic Integration and Insubordination

Serdar

2021

Poligrafi

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This study argues that the ethnic Laz in Turkey resort to irony, humor and mockery to cope with and negotiate the stereotypes, ethnic humor and mockery they encounter in their interactions with outsiders. The trope of irony, humor and mockery have enabled the Laz to navigate the national and regional hierarchies and reproduce their symbolic boundaries regardless of the common and ardent appropriation of Turkishness. In so doing, the Laz can more subtly challenge the official ideology of uniformity. While the public use of Lazuri is still considered a threat to the negotiated boundaries of Lazness, new instruments present creative displays of their ethnic capital which do not contradict present day principles of Turkish nationalism, and offer a legitimate sharing of intimacy without embarrassment. The Laz, like other non-Turkish Muslim peoples of the Black Sea region, abandoned their politically threatening ethnic distinctions, appropriated the capital of Turkishness through their performances, and coped with mockery and stigma by ironizing differences and negotiating, trivializing or selectively appropriating the stereotypes imposed upon them. Ironically, they have “out-performed” ethnic Turks in certain ways, in their search for acceptance as Turks, achieving upward mobility and avoiding forms of stigmatization.

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How Did ‘Turkish’ Psychology Become the Mainstream? A Discourse Analysis on the Trajectory of Its Colonial Legacy

How Did ‘Turkish’ Psychology Become the Mainstream? A Discourse Analysis on the Trajectory of Its Colonial Legacy

“So What If I Am Laz?” Irony, Mockery and Humor in Ethnic Integration and Insubordination

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