Özen, Hayriye
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Ozen, Hayriye
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hayriye.ozen@ieu.edu.tr
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| Istanbul Universitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi-Istanbul University Journal of Sociology | 2 |
| Energy Research & Social Science | 1 |
| Environment and Planning E-Nature And Space | 1 |
| Extractıve Industrıes And Socıety | 1 |
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Article Citation - WoS: 19Citation - Scopus: 19Reproducing 'hegemony Thereafter? the Long-Term Political Effects of the Gezi Protests in Turkey(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020) Ozen, HayriyeThis study examines an understudied aspect of the Gezi protests: its long-term effects on the hegemonic politics of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP) government. Building on the insights of Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, and Stuart Hall on hegemonic struggles and populism, it contends that the Gezi protests forced the AKP to reformulate its hegemonic strategies by deconstructing the relation formed contingently between the AKP and democratization, and thus, exposing both the limits of the neoliberal and Islamic/conservative hegemonic politics of the AKP, and the authoritarian tendencies of this government. The article maintains that the AKP, in response, turned to focus its efforts on becoming not hegemonic, but dominant by adopting a full-blown authoritarian populism, which, rather than entailing the closure of all democratic channels, favours retaining some for mobilizing popular support for its increasing authoritarianism. It is demonstrated that this popular support has been secured by the AKP through the articulation of a discourse that ignites fear and anxiety among the conservative religious and conservative nationalist segments, by portraying all opposition as detrimental to their interests and lifestyles. The article concludes that counter-hegemonic movements like Gezi may lead to significant political changes in the long run, even if they are repressed.Article How Do the Characteristics of Gold Mining Projects Affect the Level of Resistance Among Local Communities? a Comparative Study [2](Istanbul Univ, Fac Letters, Dept Sociology, 2022) Özen, Sukru; Özen, HayriyeIn this study, we aim to understand how the factors associated with gold mining projects affect the level of resistance of local communities against gold mining. Unlike previous research that claimed that the objectively observable features of mining projects directly affect the level of resistance, we argue from a post-structuralist perspective that objective features can affect resistance only as they are articulated in anti-mining and pro-mining discourses. Based on this premise, we compare the features of the Artvin-Cerrattepe, Esme-Kisladag, Menderes-Efemcukuru and Ilic-copler projects between 1994 and 2010 by associating them with anti-mining and pro-mining discourses as well as resistance levels. Our comparison shows that the features of projects, such as the mining company's country of origin, the use of cyanide, the value of the mine for the company, the proximity of the mining site to settlement areas, its topographic location, and the income level of locals that the mining site directly impacts, affect the level of resistance only through the meanings that they take in the anti-mining and pro-mining discourses. Our study also reveals that the resistance level is unrelated to the kind of mineral, mining quarry, or grade. Our study contributes to the relevant literature by offering both a theoretical framework that relates the characteristics of mining projects to the level of local resistance in a novel way, as well as three influential project characteristics neglected in the literature - the mining company's country of origin, the value of the mine for the company, and the mining site's topographic location.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 12Mobilizing in a Hybrid Political System: the Artvin Case in Turkey(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020) Ozen, Hayriye; Dogu, BurakHybrid political systems, which are neither rigorously liberal nor authoritarian, create ambiguous political environments for protests and social movements. We argue in this study that the power-resistance dynamics become more sophisticated within the ambiguous context of hybrid systems, such as the one in Turkey, where democratic channels are not totally suspended, but significantly weakened. Examining an episode of contention between an anti-mining movement and the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP) government on the issue of gold mining in Artvin, a city in the Northeastern Black Sea region, we demonstrate that in the electoral authoritarian context of Turkey the anti-mining movement gained a political role and significance well beyond its original specific aims, transforming into a conflict between those discontented with the authoritarian features of the existing system and the incumbents of that very system. Our study implies that social movements in hybrid political systems may turn into broader struggles not only because they open up political avenues for various groups to express their resentment with the prevailing undemocratic system, but also because the hegemonic forces attempt to consolidate the existing regime by mobilizing a popular support for the repression of these mobilizations.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 2Leadership in Local Mobilization Against Goldmining: the Cases of Artvin and Esme, Turkey(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2022) Ozen, Hayriye; Ozen, SuekrueThe role of leadership has remained as one of the most understudied factors in the literature on community resistance to extractive industry projects. This study helps to bridge this gap through analysis of local mobilizations against gold mining in Turkey during the period 1995 2010, drawing mainly on in-depth field research conducted in the localities of Artvin and Esme. Building on conceptual insights presented by social movement scholars, it captures how leadership plays a critical role in local mobilization against mining projects by providing discursive frames, connecting locals to broader activist networks, and coordinating collective actions. The paper also extends insights on leadership by showing that leaders risk impeding local mobilization against extractive industry projects by prioritizing particular ideological commitments and identities, adopting reactive strategies, or focusing on a particular aspect of mining as the locus of resistance. It implies that the sustenance of local mobilization can be accounted for by the stability, collectivity, inclusivity, and proactiveness of leadership.Article Environmental Mobilizations Through Online Networks: An Analysis of Environmental Activism on Turkey's Twittersphere(USC Annenberg Press, 2022) Dogu, Burak; Ozen, Hayriye; Pasin, BegumThis study explores and elucidates the nature and dynamics of environmental activism mediated via Twitter in Turkey. Drawing on the Twitter data, we show that two different forms of environmentalism are being pursued on this platform. There is, on the one hand, mainstream environmentalism of relatively established actors, and, on the other, confrontational/critical environmentalism of new actors. Unlike the former, the latter politicizes environmental issues to its full extent. While the actors pursuing mainstream environmentalism tend to act individually and use Twitter rather as a broadcast platform, the actors of confrontational/critical environmentalism form connections, interact, and engage in concerted action to voice environmental concerns, thereby incubating an environmental movement on Twitter within the increasingly authoritarian Turkish context. Our findings suggest that Twitter performs highly different functions within the same context depending on the discourses, identities, and interests of environmental actors.Article Citation - WoS: 6Citation - Scopus: 8What Comes After Repression? the Hegemonic Contestation in the Gold-Mining Field in Turkey(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018) Ozen, Hayriye; Ozen, SukruIt is widely known that many local environmental mobilizations against resource extraction projects of trans national capital have been repressed by the use of the state force in the late-industrializing world. What is less known is the aftermath of these repressions. Do they conceal all the traces of these mobilizations and lead to naturalization of the extractive operations of transnational capital at the local spaces? We address this question by examining two subsequent local environmental mobilizations in Turkey against gold-mining MNCs. Drawing on Laclauian insights on political struggles and hegemony, we first conceptualize repression of dissent not only as the repression of dissidents or protesters, but also that of protest discourse. Then, we argue that the forceful repression of the actors of those mobilizations succeeding to articulate an appealing protest discourse can make the hegemony and domination of transnational capital at the local level highly fragile, thus providing the conditions of possibility of subsequent similar mobilizations. The protest discourse constituted through such mobilizations may sediment despite the repression of protesters and become highly influential on the discursive trajectory of subsequent mobilizations. Yet, such an influence, as we also demonstrate in this study, may not only enable subsequent movements, but also limit their hegemonic capabilities.Book Part Citation - Scopus: 3The Dilemma Between Carbon Neutrality and Energy Security: Understanding the Likely Impacts of the Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War on the Eu Climate Targets(Springer Nature, 2023) Biresselioglu, M.E.; Savas, Z.F.; Solak, B.During the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdown measures decreased energy demand and consumption in several regions. In addition to the decrease in energy demand, the slowdown of global economic and social activities also caused a decline in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The European Union (EU) member countries have been among the countries most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and drops in energy demand and CO2 emissions. Between January and August 2020, CO2 emissions decreased by 10.6% in EU-27 and the United Kingdom. As the restrictions for lockdowns started to diminish, economic activities restarted; however, the level of CO2 emissions still differ in different countries. This situation also links to the ambitious CO2 emission reductions of EU countries under the EU Climate and Energy Package (CARE). According to European Environment Agency Report, EU-27 achieved 20% reduction target for CO2 emissions in 2020 in a general sense within the framework of 20-20-20 climate targets while some countries could not achieve their national targets. Moreover, EU countries, in general terms, also achieved the target of a 20% increase in the share of renewable energy resources. In 2020, the share of renewable energy resources reached 21.3% in energy consumption in European countries. Following the 20-20-20 targets, the EU recently adopted a 55% net emissions reduction target by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050. This tendency demonstrated that EU countries were on the path of decarbonising their economies. However, the Russia-Ukraine war challenged the energy security of the EU countries vis-à-vis cuts in Russia’s natural gas supply. As a response, most of the European countries experienced backsliding towards local fossil fuels to diversify Russian gas. This made energy security a high priority for the EU-27 countries and pushed them to reduce their energy dependence. To this end, this chapter aims to examine the dilemma faced by EU countries experiencing the adverse impacts of climate change and energy insecurity. In this sense, it analyses to what extent the Covid-19 measures and decrease in CO2 emissions in Europe contribute to achieving the EU Climate Target Plans for 2030 and 2050 while discussing whether the Russia-Ukraine war has the potential to change Europe’s targets towards a carbon-neutral continent. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.Book Part Fashioning Anti-Environmentalism in Turkey: the Campaign Against the Bergama Movement(Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2022) Özen, H.[No abstract available]Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 5Why Is 'clean Energy Opposed? the Resistances To Geothermal Energy Projects in Turkey(Sage publications inc, 2024) Özen, HayriyeThis study focuses on the resistance to geothermal energy projects in the Aegean region in Turkey. It explores, drawing on the analysis of documents and the fieldwork conducted in four Aegean cities, why there is a widespread local resistance to geothermal energy, which is widely promoted as environmentally benign and renewable and, as such, critical for the low-carbon energy transition. Examining the resistance from a political ecology perspective, I show how the power/resistance nexus in the field of renewable energy is shaped in those contexts where authoritarianism, populism, and geographically specific forms of capital accumulation operate in and through each other. Specifically, I demonstrate that the formulation of geothermal policy and practices to perpetuate and consolidate the power of the authoritarian populist AKP government laid the groundwork for the generation of widespread resistances by threatening to create new environmental injustices and to deepen existing class, and gender inequalities. The study also shows that geothermal energy may be as destructive as fossil fuel-based energy when not planned, regulated, or monitored effectively. It is concluded therefore that the practice of grouping renewable energy sources in a single 'clean energy' category should be reconsidered.Article How Do the Characteristics of Gold Mining Projects Affect the Level of Resistance Among Local Communities? a Comparative Study(Istanbul Univ, Fac Letters, Dept Sociology, 2022) Özen, Şükrü; Özen, HayriyeIn this study, we aim to understand how the factors associated with gold mining projects affect the level of resistance of local communities against gold mining. Unlike previous research that claimed that the objectively observable features of mining projects directly affect the level of resistance, we argue from a post-structuralist perspective that objective features can affect resistance only as they are articulated in anti-mining and pro-mining discourses. Based on this premise, we compare the features of the Artvin-Cerrattepe, Esme-Kisladag, Menderes-Efemcukuru and Ilic-Copler projects between 1994 and 2010 by associating them with anti-mining and pro-mining discourses as well as resistance levels. Our comparison shows that the features of projects, such as the mining company's country of origin, the use of cyanide, the value of the mine for the company, the proximity of the mining site to settlement areas, its topographic location, and the income level of locals that the mining site directly impacts, affect the level of resistance only through the meanings that they take in the anti-mining and pro-mining discourses. Our study also reveals that the resistance level is unrelated to the kind of mineral, mining quarry, or grade. Our study contributes to the relevant literature by offering both a theoretical framework that relates the characteristics of mining projects to the level of local resistance in a novel way, as well as three influential project characteristics neglected in the literature - the mining company's country of origin, the value of the mine for the company, and the mining site's topographic location.
