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Article The Weak Link in the Chain: The (Surprisingly) Loose Ties Between Migrant Women and Women's Organizations in Turkey(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2026) Gencoglu, Funda; Ozgur Keysan, AsumanThis article examines the fragmented solidarities between women's organizations and Syrian migrant women in Turkey, focusing on & Idot;stanbul, Gaziantep, and & Idot;zmir, the cities with the highest concentrations of Syrian migrants. Drawing on semi-structured interviews conducted with representatives from 25 women's organizations, the study investigates why feminist solidarity has remained elusive despite the shared gendered vulnerabilities of migrant women and Turkish women. The findings reveal that women's organizations are divided in their approaches to migrant women due to differing conceptualizations of the state, intersectionality, and traditional gender roles, as well as the cultural and socio-economic heterogeneity of Syrian women. These divisions are further compounded by structural constraints that limit opportunities for engagement and reinforce exclusionary attitudes. By situating these dynamics within the broader context of transnational feminist debates, the article argues that feminist solidarity is not a given but a contested and context-dependent process that requires active efforts to bridge divides. The study contributes to scholarship on migration and feminist solidarity by foregrounding the intersecting dimensions of gender, class, ethnicity, and state-civil society dynamics, emphasizing the need for rights-based, transformative solidarities over charity-based approaches. The article concludes with implications for feminist politics, migration policy, and pathways for future research, offering insights into fostering inclusive solidarities in global migration contexts.Article Alternative Regimes of Truth: Anti-Gender Politics, Digital Platforms and Epistemic Struggles in Turkey(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2026) Tektas, Ege Elif; Ozgur Keysan, AsumanIn the current landscape where anti-gender ideology is gaining momentum, opposition to LGBTQI+ rights and visibility is becoming entrenched in public discourse. In Turkey, digital platforms have emerged as critical sites for the dissemination of anti-gender rhetoric. This manuscript focuses on two X (formerly Twitter) accounts, Mesele LGBT and Aile Apartmanı, which emerged after 2022 in Turkey, to analyse how globally circulating anti-gender narratives are rearticulated in a local authoritarian-populist setting. Using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the study shows that these platforms function not only as channels of communication but as producers of 'counterknowledge' that challenge and seek to replace rights-based and scientific epistemic frameworks. Drawing on a dataset of 1394 tweets (2022-2025), the manuscript demonstrates, first, how scientific discourse is selectively distorted to pathologise LGBTQI+ identities, and second, how nationalist-securitized narratives construct LGBTQI+ activism as a foreign threat, legitimizing state-led authoritarian intervention in matters of knowledge and rights. The study contends that anti-gender digital discourse in Turkey functions as an epistemological struggle, employing digital infrastructures to construct alternative truth regimes in line with nationalist, heteronormative, and authoritarian agendas.Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 4Gendered Interactions Mediated by Design: Sexual Harassment on Public Transport(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023) Kaygan, Pinar; Kaygan, Harun; oezguer Keysan, Asuman; Ozgur Keysan, AsumanThis paper explores the gendered interactions that are mediated by designed products in actual use contexts. Our case is vehicle design for public transportation, a product category that is, from the outset, relatively gender-neutral when compared to explicitly gender-segregated categories such as household electronics, cars, and toys, even if public transit users are more often women than men. The empirical basis of research comes from interviews with women passengers. Our analysis demonstrates that seemingly gender-neutral designs can be merely gender-blind in that they have significant impact in the gendered experiences of its users, which includes, in this case, being exposed to or feeling at risk of sexual harassment and assault in public transportation as a woman. Therefore, feminist design interventions into mobility environments can provide immediate practical solutions that would complement policy and lawmaking efforts that are necessary to ensure safety for women on public transport.
