

Session 7
Friday (May 6):
8.30-10.00 AM ET
CHAIR
Ceren Belge
(Concordia U, Canada)
PAPERS
Imren Borsuk Eroglu
(Humboldt U of Berlin, Germany)
Democratization, Autocratization and Communal Violence:
Evidence From Turkish-Kurdish Conflict
Selin Bengi Gumrukcu
(Rutgers U, US)
When Do Governments Organize Pro-Government Rallies?
A Case Study of Turkey
Derya Özkaya
(U of Graz, Austria)
Grief, Pain, and Guilt:
Remembering the (Im)possibilities of Collective Mourning
Against the Political Violence in Turkey’s Gezi Uprisings and Their Aftermath
DISCUSSANT
Evren Balta
(Özyeğin U, Turkey)