Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
13th Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Oslo, Norveç, 25 - 27 Eylül 2025, (Yayınlanmadı)
This presentation examines trade unionism in hybrid regimes, where authoritarian practices and democratic institutions coexist, focusing on Turkey in the 21st century. It explores mechanisms such as trustee appointments and decree law dismissals, which undermine union members’ rights and foster necropolitical discrimination, conceptualized as “social death.” Case studies in Diyarbakır and Istanbul illustrate economic repression against union activists in municipalities and the socio-economic consequences of decree dismissals on individual and organizational lives. The research also investigates union strategies to mobilize workers under repression and grassroots solidarity networks resisting disempowerment and isolation. Framing these struggles as efforts to reclaim social citizenship, the presentation argues that trade union activism in hybrid regimes transcends workplace rights, evolving into broader movements for democracy and solidarity. By situating labor struggles within the last century and looking forward to the next, this study provides insights into the intersections of labor rights, state repression, and resistance.