In Queer in Translation, Evren Savcı analyzes the travel and translation of Western LGBT
political terminology to Turkey in order to illuminate how sexual politics have unfolded under …

As Turkey pushes for its place in the global pecking order and embraces neoliberal
capitalism, the nation has seen a period of unprecedented shifts in political, religious, and …

Despite its some of its more liberal and democratic characteristics-when compared to many
other countries in the Middle East-the more conservative elements within Turkish politics …

This chapter focuses on male sex work in Istanbul, Turkey. Although there have been
sensational stories in the gossip columns of newspapers, I have not come across men who …

In this paper, we analyze the Turkish film Zenne Dancer (2012), which is largely based on
what has been called a first gay honor killing in Turkey. We employ a framing analysis to …

Considering the social movements as critical agents of change through challenging and
subverting the authoritative legitimate values and norms by creating new subjectivities, and …

In 'Happy Objects', Sara Ahmed (2010) writes about how 'family'circulates as a happy object–
an object that is supposed to deliver happiness to any and all subjects who attach to it. Affect …

In this piece, I argue that a heightened attention to language in Reed's (2011) interpretive
epistemic mode will help further theorizing of the relationship between meaning and the …

Queer Studies is a relatively new field of study that brings queer identities into focus. Queer
Studies became an independent research field during the 1970s and has gained …

Building upon ethnographic material from the fieldwork conducted in Istanbul, this study
examines LGBTI+ s' path towards the right to the city by looking into their experiences, the …