From Collective Action to Collective Resistance: Working with the Saturday Mothers

Kaya, Orhan; Acar, Yasemin Gülsüm (2023). From Collective Action to Collective Resistance: Working with the Saturday Mothers In: Şen, Ercan; Önal, Elif Sandal; Uysal, Mete Sefa; Acar, Yasemin Gülsüm (eds.) The Political Psychology of Kurds in Turkey: Critical Perspectives on Identity, Narratives, and Resistance. Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology (pp. 129-143). Cham: Springer 10.1007/978-3-031-33291-3_7

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This chapter focuses on the Saturday Mothers (Cumartesi Anneleri), a group that has gathered in İstanbul for a half-hour sit-in every Saturday since 1995 seeking justice for forced disappearances and political murders in Turkey. The initial protest was composed mainly of mothers of the lost. However, over the past 25 years, other relatives have joined in the protests. In many cases, children grow up going to these protests once a week. This younger generation then grow up participating, take up the mantle, and take the space of the person from the previous generation when they get older. Despite their clear presence in Turkey over the years, very little research has examined their protest. Through this chapter we contextualize the history and origins of the Saturday Mothers and their relationship to the Turkish–Kurdish conflict. We discuss how we became interested in understanding their protest and the way that we went about contacting them and ultimately working together with them to understand the way their protest has passed from one generation to the next.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	School of Social Work > Institute for Social and Cultural Diversity School of Social Work
Name:	Kaya, Orhan; Acar, Yasemin Gülsüm; Şen, Ercan; Önal, Elif Sandal; Uysal, Mete Sefa and Acar, Yasemin Gülsüm
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
ISBN:	978-3-031-33290-6
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology
Publisher:	Springer
Language:	English
Submitter:	Orhan Kaya
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2024 09:22
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2024 09:22
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/978-3-031-33291-3_7
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Collective action Intergenerational transmission Resistance Saturday Mothers
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.21133
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/21133