Özen, HayriyeOzen, HayriyeDepartment of Public Administration and Political Science2024-07-052024-07-052009270964-40161743-893410.1080/096440109028237662-s2.0-70449359761https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010902823766https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/1004Ozen, Hayriye/0000-0001-5476-176XHow and with what consequences did the Bergama struggle evolve from a local environmental campaign against the operation of a goldmine to a broader political struggle that mobilised a set of heterogeneous social groups at the national level? The constituency of and support for the Bergama struggle increased as it provided a 'discursive space' for the articulation of a disparate set of particular social demands neither mediated nor fulfilled within the existing political system in Turkey. As the Bergama movement expanded through the articulation of a number of social demands for changes in the broader economic and political structures, several status quo forces became involved in the struggle against the movement and played a crucial role in the gradual demise of the movement.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBergama movementmovement expansiondiscourselogic of equivalenceempty signifierArticleQ1183408423WOS:000266083000006