City, Middle Class and Kurds

"We couldn't go out on the streets because of immigration. When we were young, I felt Eastern
I myself, although I am from Central Anatolia. At that time, Eastern people were brave,
He was honest. They would come here to work in factories. their bread
They were taking it out of stone. They were truly men through and through. no more now
them. All broken. Now look at Izmir: Wherever there is a mafia, there are Kurds,
pickpocket Kurd, pimp Kurd, purse snatch Kurd."
This is from an interview conducted by Cenk Saraçoğlu for his current work.
words. Similar complaints occur in daily life among the urban middle classes.
It is frequently encountered. Immigrants, especially Kurds, disrupt social life
and the perception that it narrows livelihood opportunities is quite prevalent in Turkey's cities.
It is common. Saraçoğlu argues that the basis of this perception towards the Kurds lies not only in direct
not directly from the effects of nationalist ideology, but from the middle classes.
It shows the impoverishment and loss of cohesion.
More importantly, everyday/popular nationalism has an important place in the perception of Kurds.
transformation takes place. Denial is replaced by "exclusion by recognition": Kurdish
discrimination that recognizes one's identity but denigrates it by stereotyping
discourse... Cenk Saraçoğlu defines "exclusion by recognition" as the official Turkish
With the invalidation of nationalism's denial policy on the Kurdish issue
treats it as an emerging reaction... And in the Izmir example,
The discourse of "exclusion by recognition" has a specific urban transformation dynamic and
It examines its formation within the class-social context.



Number of Pages: 192

Year of Printing: 2011


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2011

Language Turkish