Fukoovska analiza zatvorskog arhipelaga dijarbakira
A Foucauldian Analysis of Diyarbakirs Carceral Archipelago

Summary/Abstract: This study critically examines the socio-political dynamics betweenTurks and Kurds in Diyarbakır, drawing on Foucauldian concepts of biopolitics,governmentality, and the symbolic “carceral archipelago”. Applying these concepts tothe Diyarbakır context allows us to examine how power manifests itself through thecontrol of life (biopolitics), the regulation of populations (governmentality), and thecreation of spaces of surveillance and discipline (carceral archipelago). The Kurds,marginalized by the conflict with the PKK and Turkish cultural assimilation policies,face a harsh reality. Pervasive and unrelenting surveillance and repression cast ashadow over their lives. However, Kurdish resistance persists through political protestsand cultural preservation, a beacon of hope in adversity. By employing a metatheoreticalapproach to evaluate how surveillance and detention practices, particularlywithin security and justice institutions, extend disciplinary power beyond the confinesof prison walls, this research attempts to synthesize theoretical contributions andcritiques of existing frameworks, but also investigates the structural mechanismsthrough which surveillance and the „zoning“ of the city are utilized as instrumentsof state power in Diyarbakır. Foucauldian analysis applied to the Turkish-Kurdishcontext, with particular reference to Diyarbakır, reveals how the dynamics of powerand control are deeply intertwined with policies of assimilation and repression. Theimplications of these findings are significant, as they show how the Turkish governmenthas used tools of biopolitics and disciplinary techniques to marginalize the Kurdishpopulation, limiting their opportunities for political and cultural participation.

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