Ozen, HayriyeÖzen, HayriyeDepartment of Public Administration and Political Science2024-07-052024-07-052015371360-87461743-961210.1080/13608746.2015.10992582-s2.0-84952978005https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2015.1099258https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/786Ozen, Hayriye/0000-0001-5476-176XFocusing on the Gezi protests, this study addresses two questions: How did a particular struggle against the demolition of a park spontaneously turn into nationwide mass protests? And why was this mobilisation unable to transform itself into a popular counter-hegemonic movement? Drawing on the Laclauian concept of populism, I demonstrate that Gezi mobilised various groups by turning into a symbol of the repressive responses of the hegemonic power to various social demands. This popular mobilisation could not go beyond a conjunctural experience due to its inability to unify heterogeneous protesters and to respond effectively to the counter-strategies of the hegemonic power.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessPopulismPopular MovementsGezi ProtestsGezi ParkTurkeyArticleQ1Q1204533552WOS:000367345600001