'There Is Another Turkey out There': The Gezi Revolt as an Event. Issue 1 (3rd March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taşkale, Ali Rıza
• Is Part Of: Third text. Volume 30:Issue 1/2(2016)
• Page Start: 138
• Page End: 146
• Publication Date: 2016-03-03
• Subjects: Ali Rıza Taşkale -- the Gezi revolt -- the event -- the virtual -- the actual -- kairos -- revolution -- emancipation -- critical social theory -- neoliberal Islam -- subjectivity; Art and society -- Periodicals; Art -- Developing countries -- 20th century -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals; 700.91724
• DOI: 10.1080/09528822.2016.1266790
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0952-8822

Abstract

Abstract: This article aims to conceptualise the Gezi revolt as an eventual intervention into history. Based on the participatory observation of the author as well as primary and secondary sources, it addresses the Gezi revolt from a Deleuzean perspective. Firstly, it briefly discusses the chain of events that triggered Gezi. It then turns to the relation between the virtual and the actual. In this respect, Gezi as a revolutionary event is approached via the concept of kairos, establishing a link between the actual conditions and the virtual possibilities. Finally, the article explores the alternative political possibilities of Gezi as a revolutionary process.