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Are we there yet? Spiral model: Human rights institutions-state-EU relations in Turkey;
(International Relations Council of Turkey, 2011) Alemdar,Z.; Uluslararası İlişkiler / International Relations
Boomerang and spiral models, explaining the ways in which domestic actors form transnational networks with international organizations in order to change the repressive policies of their states, argue that these international interactions are eff ective in the implementation and internalization of international human rights norms. In the Turkish case, although the EU accession process gave way to foundation of human rights institutions, and new laws were enacted, we observe that the institutions are organized and they function ineff ectively, and the laws can be overturned through practices. Th ese examples show that despite their predictions, the boomerang model can run in reverse, the spiral model does not run in its gradual course. A comparative look at the Turkish case also shows that the models' main weakness is not only that they lack a more comprehensive look at how the international and domestic interact but also they need a better look at the internal dynamics of the international organizations that are the networking partners.
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COURTROOMS AS SOLIDARITY SPACES AND TRIALS AS SENTENCES: DEFENDING YOUR RIGHTS AND ASKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN TURKEY
(Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2020) Alemdar,Z.; Uluslararası İlişkiler / International Relations
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'Modelling' for Democracy? Turkey's Historical Issues with Freedom of Speech
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014) Alemdar, Zeynep; Uluslararası İlişkiler / International Relations
Although Turkey has come a long way in terms of human rights since the 1980 military coup, a closer historical look inside the Turkish political scene shows us how freedom of speech was always to be sacrificed if its exercise threatened the perceived unity of the country. The article shows how decision makers' perceptions of the state as a superior institution in need of protection have shaped the practice of governing free speech in Turkey since the early years of the Republic, and introduces a unique chronology, accounting for the interaction of internal and external influences.
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The privatization of security in Turkey: Reconsidering the state, the concept of "governmentality" and Neoliberalism
(Homer Academic Publication House, 2010) Yardimci,S.; Alemdar,Z.; Uluslararası İlişkiler / International Relations
The privatization of security services, which implies the dispersal of the legitimate right to use force, has been traditionally understood as operating at the expense of state sovereignty. The increasing privatization of security services around the world and the substantial growth of the private security sector in Turkey create the need to reassess the nature of this privatization. Drawing upon the work of Michel Foucault and other scholars of governmentality, as well as our own field research, we try to make such an assessment, without falling back on the traditional statemarket (state-society) duality. Research shows that the Turkish private security sector, reported as being tied to both the exigencies of the state and the rules of the market, has an amorphic nature marked by intricate relationships, formal and informal, with public law enforcement agencies. We argue that the sector's privatization, although defended by some as a way to grant accountability and transparency to security services, is neither a remedy for those gaps, nor does it imply a straightforward decline of the state; rather, it is proof that the idea of an autonomous, unitary "state" should be revised and a sign that a different and intricate network of state apparatus and private experts continue to govern our lives in ways unique to neoliberalism.
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The “turkish model” of freedom of speech
(Central European University Press, 2015) Alemdar,Z.; Uluslararası İlişkiler / International Relations
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