Площад „Таксим“ и битката за контрол върху миналото на Истанбул
Taksim Square and the Struggle to Rule Istanbul’s Past
Author(s): Malte FuhrmannSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Фондация за хуманитарни и социални изследвания - София
Keywords: Istanbul; global city; urban branding; right to the city; Gezi protests
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the protests of the summer of 2013 in Istanbul as a struggle for the discursive hegemony over the city’s past. In the context of developing Istanbul into a global city, the administration attempted to impose a vision of the city’s past as an Islamic imperial capital in conjunction with Ottoman imperial glory and neoliberal economics. This clashed with competing visions of the city as an Eastern Roman capital, multicultural, a resident-centered cosmopolis, a theater of a modernist Turkish state, or a site for leftist struggle suppressed in blood. Gezi Park stood for the right to the city (Lefebvre) articulated through these historical visions.
Journal: Критика и хуманизъм
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 42
- Page Range: 233-269
- Page Count: 37
- Language: Bulgarian
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