Queer Politics in Contemporary Turkey

Paul Gordon Kramer

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Bristol University Press
23 March 2022

Gay & Lesbian studies; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Political oppression & persecution

Series: Gender, Sexuality and Global Politics

Drawing on the words and stories of queer Turkish activists, this book aims to unravel the complexities of queer lives in Turkey. In doing so, it challenges dominant conceptualizations of the queer Turkish experience within critical security discourses.

Taking a unique interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to International Relations, this book contains rich empirical data including 30 interviews with LGBTQ politicians, non-profit leaders, activists and community members to give voice to those unheard in Western academic discourses.

Aiming to unravel the complexities of queer lives in Turkey, this book uses the words and stories of queer Turkish activists to challenge dominant conceptualisations of the queer Turkish experience within critical security discourses.

The book argues that while queer Turks are subjected to insatiate forms of insecurity in their governance, opportunities for emancipatory resistance have emerged alongside these abuses. In doing so, the book identifies the ways in which the state, the family, Turkish Islam and other socially-meditated processes and agencies can expose or protect queers from violence in the Turkish community.

By: Paul Gordon Kramer
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529214840
ISBN 10: 152921484X
Series: Gender, Sexuality and Global Politics
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 23 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. The Ambiguities of Queer Research 2. Turkish Governmentality: A Genealogy of Heteropatriarchal Nationalism 3. Assembling Turkish Queers 4. Assembing Trans Identity 5. The Queer Common Conclusion

Paul Gordon Kramer is a queer activist and works at The New School in New York City.

Reviews for Queer Politics in Contemporary Turkey

"""Kramer illuminates how queer and trans activists are reshaping conceptions of Turkish queerness on their own terms. His reflections about being a queer researcher in International Relations are especially engaging."" Jamie J. Hagen, Queen's University Belfast ""Kramer thoughtfully brings to light the complexities of queer and trans Turkish lives and experiences in relation to social and political institutions of power in Turkey."" Ahmad Qais Munhazim, Thomas Jefferson University"