Global Citizens and Local Powers

Topal, Çağatay

doi:10.1215/01642472-23-2_83-85

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“…Here, it is crucial to note that the misuse of surveillance technologies-particularly wiretapping-by the Gülenists was an outcome of the ongoing expansion of technological surveillance under the JDP. The party found at its disposal the new Central Population Administrative System (MERNIS), which was the product of the state's ongoing efforts to develop an efficient nationwide database (Topal, 2005). Significantly, even human rights reforms of the 2000s (a component of Turkey's accession process to the EU) has led to the increase of the disciplinary capacities of the state (Bahçecik, 2015).…”

Section: The Revival Of the Bekçimentioning

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“Night Hawks” Watching Over the City: Redeployment of Night Watchmen and the Politics of Public Space in Turkey

Batuman

Erkíp

2019

Space and Culture

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Technological advances have enormously increased surveillance techniques in the last three decades. In this article, we scrutinize the re-instatement of bekçi, the traditional night watchmen patrolling the residential neighborhoods in Turkey, which was obsolete for decades. We analyze the re-emergence of the bekçi in relation to the dynamics of urbanization, and with a perspective of power and surveillance. Our discussion bridges the Foucauldian notion of “visibility,” equating it with being subject to surveillance, and the Arendtian emphasis on “appearance” as the precondition for a claim to public space (hence, citizenship) in order the uncover the role of visibility within the mechanisms of power in public space. We argue that although the bekçi seems outmoded, especially within the context of ever-increasing advancement of surveillance technologies; its recent deployment in the public spaces of Turkish metropolises brings about new modes of politics of visibility parallel to the changing modality of the urban environment.

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Section: The Revival Of the Bekçimentioning

confidence: 99%

“Night Hawks” Watching Over the City: Redeployment of Night Watchmen and the Politics of Public Space in Turkey

Batuman

Erkíp

2019

Space and Culture

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“…It was within this socio-political context that policy rationales and corresponding practices of policing the poor -operative since the 1990s have become institutionalised since the 2000s in Turkey. Thus, besides the EU-induced legislative changes mentioned below, new institutional and practical units, such as Huzur Timleri and Yunuslar were established; technologically sophisticated mechanisms of surveillance like MOBESE (the equivalent of CCTV -closed circuit television) became widespread in urban areas; and computerised systems of information gathering and retrieval systems such as GBT (criminal record check), CBG (geographic record check) and MERNIS (population registration system) were introduced (see Berksoy 2010;Berksoy et al 2013;Topak 2013;Topal 2005).…”

Section: The Socio-political Context and The Institutional Content Ofmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Transformation of Internal Security and of the State in Turkey during the AKP Rule: A Class-Based Analysis

Bedirhanoğlu¹,

Dolek²,

Hülagü³

2016

Journal Für Entwicklungspolitik

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“…In this way, Turkey has now become a technological surveillant state which makes use of all these facilities to monitor its population, and particularly its dissident political subjects (Arslantaş-Toktaş et al, 2012;Topal, 2005). Importantly, Turkeys current counterterrorism laws are based on an extremely broad definition of terrorists acts, including non-violent, discursive actions which criticize or demoralize the security forces.…”

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The Politics of the Digital Technoscape in Turkey: Surveillance and Resistance of Kurds

Çelik¹

2013

New Perspect. Turk.

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This paper explores how the state employs digital technologies in its pacification of dissident political bodies, subjectivities, and communicative capabilities. It explores strategies of resistance to the surveillance practices which come to the fore as a state form, as a means of social control, and as a mechanism for creating manageable and disciplined crowds. Drawing upon ethnographic data, it focuses on the contemporary politics of the Kurdish movement in Turkey. In particular, it analyses the digitized surveillance and resistance of Kurds, both of which function as crucial components of contemporary power regimes in Turkey.

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Global Citizens and Local Powers

Cited by 8 publications

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“Night Hawks” Watching Over the City: Redeployment of Night Watchmen and the Politics of Public Space in Turkey

“Night Hawks” Watching Over the City: Redeployment of Night Watchmen and the Politics of Public Space in Turkey

The Transformation of Internal Security and of the State in Turkey during the AKP Rule: A Class-Based Analysis

The Politics of the Digital Technoscape in Turkey: Surveillance and Resistance of Kurds

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