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The Similarities Between the Powerholders Discourse and the Mainstream Social Psychological Explanations: The Example of Taksim Gezi Park Protests

MUKTEDİRLERİN SÖYLEMİ VE ANA AKIM SOSYAL PSİKOLOJİK AÇIKLAMALAR ARASINDAKİ BENZERLİKLER: TAKSİM GEZİ PARKI PROTESTOSU ÖRNEĞİ

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78–95
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2022-10-11
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We suggest that the similarity in question is not coincidental and depends on someideology-based assumptions regarding the nature of society and the individual.

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Objective & Hypothesis:With its distinctive features such as the rapid development and spreading, the lack of a directassociation with any specific political group, and its effect on the emergence of new politicalidentities and coalitions, the Taksim Gezi Park Protests provide a remarkable example of acollective movement.
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With its distinctive features such as the rapid development and spreading, the lack of a directassociation with any specific political group, and its effect on the emergence of new politicalidentities and coalitions, the Taksim Gezi Park Protests provide a remarkable example of acollective movement. As a consequence, it was observed that both the social scientists and thegovernmental authorities had some serious difficulties in evaluating the events. The complexnature of the protests forced most explanations to be inconsistent and insufficient; therefore, itmade the social scientists and power holders assumptions about the society and the individualmuch more salient. Here, by taking the advantage of this situation, we intend to draw attention toa similarity that we have observed between the discourses of powerholders and the mainstreamsocial psychology. We believe that both discourses tend to disregard the societal, economical,and historical context and explain the collective movements by giving reference to individual- level factors. We suggest that the similarity in question is not coincidental and depends on someideology-based assumptions regarding the nature of society and the individual.

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Taksim Gezi Parkı Protestosu hızla gelişip yayılması, herhangi bir siyasal grup ya da kimlikle doğrudan ilişkilendirilememesi ve yeni politik kimlik ve gruplaşmaların ortaya çıkışını sağlaması gibi özellikleri açısında dikkat çekici bir kolektif eylem örneğidir. Bu nedenle de, gerek sosyal bilimciler gerekse de hükümet yetkilileri tarafından yorumlanması sürecindeciddi güçlüklerin ortaya çıktığı gözlenmiştir. Eylemlerin karmaşık doğası, getirilen çoğu açıklamayı tutarsız ve yetersiz olmaya zorlamış; dolayısıyla da, hem sosyal bilimcilerin hem de muktedirlerin topluma ve bireye ilişkin varsayımlarının daha bir belirginlik kazanmasına nedenolmuştur. Burada, ortaya çıkan bu fırsatı değerlendirerek muktedirlerin ve ana akım sosyal psikolojinin söylemleri arasında gözlemlediğimiz bir benzerliğe dikkat çekmek niyetindeyiz.Her iki söylem biçiminin de kolektif eylemleri toplumsal, ekonomik ve tarihsel bağlamlarını göz ardı edip bireysel düzey faktörler üzerinden açıklamaya eğilimli olduğunu düşünüyoruz.Söz konusu benzerliğin rastlantısal olmadığı, toplum ve birey doğasına ilişkin ideolojik temelli bazı varsayımlara dayandığı görüşündeyiz.

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ÇAVUŞOĞLU, M., KUŞDİL, M. E., ÜZÜMÇEKER, E., TURHAN, F. (2022). The Similarities Between the Powerholders Discourse and the Mainstream Social Psychological Explanations: The Example of Taksim Gezi Park Protests. Eğitim Bilim Toplum, Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 47, 78–95. https://ajindex.com/articles/496794

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