Nizam, DeryaYenal, Zafer2023-06-162023-06-1620200306-61501743-9361https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2019.1708725https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1612This article analyses the current state of seed politics in Turkey focusing on the recent appropriation and commercialization of a wheat landrace, Karakilcik bugdayi (black-awn wheat) in Seferihisar, a small coastal town in the Aegean. It lays bare the long-drawn-out, often arduous but politically innovative processes that brought together various stakeholders, including the local municipality, a seed preservation centre, producer cooperatives, and urban-based alternative food networks. This paper argues that institutional mechanisms with strong grassroots support have the potential to weave together small-producer initiatives and disparate consumer interests and imbue them with the power to transform national agriculture and food politics.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessSeed activismwheat farmingalternative food networksconsumer cooperativesTurkish agriculturelandracesAlternative Food NetworksTurkishAgrobiodiversityConservationArticle10.1080/03066150.2019.17087252-s2.0-85079145514