Burce Celik

Burçe Çelik is assistant professor in New Media Department at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul. She has authored Technology and National Identity in Turkey: Mobile Communications and the Evolution of a Post-Ottoman Nation (IBTauris, 2011), and a number of articles both in Turkish and in English on media technology culture in Turkey.

Turkish force, lies and videotape: repression on three fronts

The Turkish state seems to be determined to repress ongoing and expanding popular revolts largely by using a combination of three strategies: police force, propaganda and social media too.

By Burce Celik and Defne Karaosmanoğlu

/ 17 Jun 2013

The diverse revolt of Turkish youth and the production of the political

Some of the banners read “we are not a political party, we are the people”, “we claim religion without AKP, Atatürk without CHP, motherland without MHP, Kurdish rights without BDP, we are the people”.

By Burce Celik

/ 6 Jun 2013