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•🧶• The next gathering of 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, taking place on 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑 𝐚𝐭 𝟔𝐩𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐌𝐚, turns to Turkey, a country shaped by overlapping and often contradictory projects of modernization, neoliberal development and political repression.Turkey is known as a central site in the European Union’s externalized border regime, with the EU-Turkey Deal tying the cooperation to preventing refugees from reaching Europe. Turkey, at the same time, does not apply the 1951 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 and access to international protection remains sharply restricted for many. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 and 𝐀𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 have documented unlawful returns, deportations, pressure to sign “voluntary” return forms, and other risks to refugees and asylum seekers. Turkey is also promoted as a regional entrepreneurial hub while underprivileged populations, among them Syrian children and other displaced communities, live and work in conditions marked by unimaginable precarity, poverty, informal employment and inadequate protection.
Turkey’s role in Syria also demands particular analysis, as its role in the region should be understood as a continuation of its broader colonial, militaristic and anti-Kurdish policies aimed at suppressing Kurdish self-determination and in Syria destroying the revolutionary project developed in its northeastern part. Through military occupation, cross-border invasions, the instrumentalisation of jihadist armed groups, and systematic attacks on civilian infrastructure, Turkey has sought to undermine the democratic, feminist, and pluralistic model of self-governance developed in Rojava. This analysis is especially urgent in the context of Syria’s ongoing political transition, in the context of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and the illegal war on Iran, which is instigated by the coalition of Israel and the United States, during which Rojava achievements have been severely undermined by military defeat, externally imposed political arrangements, and the forced integration of its autonomous institutions into an increasingly centralised Syrian state. We will briefly situate Turkey within a regional landscape shaped by its NATO membership, ties with the United States, relations with Iran, and stated support for Palestine.
While examining the role Turkey plays in creating these regional instabilities, we will also thematise continuous silencing of the genocide against Armenians, political imprisonment, and restrictions on dissent and repression of the Kurdish liberation movement. We are interested in how political violence extends into the long standing attacks against left political organizing and the repression of Alewite communities. We will also consider the still limited, but increasingly successful, alliances between workers striking against corporate mining and local resistance to environmental catastrophe. These forces of oppression also intersect with the continuous attacks on feminist, women’s and 𝘓𝘎𝘉𝘛𝘘+ organizing. Recent reporting documents arrests of women’s rights defenders, restrictions on protest, and government measures that undermine gender equality and 𝘓𝘎𝘉𝘛𝘘+ rights.
Moreover, we will also examine the fallout from the split between 𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨ğ𝐚𝐧 and 𝐅𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐆ü𝐥𝐞𝐧, and the mass arrests and imprisonments that followed. Since the breakdown of the Erdoğan regime’s partnership with the Gülenist network, the regime has continued to target certain individuals, mostly abroad, for their alleged ties to the network, even as it has reintegrated some of the network’s leading figures into its own ranks. The government presented these actions as a purge of the Gülenist network; we will consider how far that framing accounts for the scale and targets of the crackdown, and how it may have served to justify wider political repression.
Our main concern, however, is with the solidarities people build across borders and struggles. In Zagreb, we are building and nurturing spaces for encounter with the small Turkish community living here. The upcoming Transnational Solidarities gathering offers an opportunity to listen and connect local experiences with wider struggles for justice, solidarity, and liberation. Together, we will ask how these connections can be sustained amid the intersecting forces of ethnonationalism, racism, securitization, and the policing of cultural difference, as well as wars that discipline encounters and constrain genuine connection.
🪢 We are delighted to be in this conversation with 𝐙𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐩 𝐎ğ𝐮𝐳 who is an architectural historian and architect. She earned her Ph.D. in the History of Art and Architecture from Harvard University in 2024, focusing on early Ottoman architecture and urban development. Since 2019, she has taught art and architectural history at the University of Zagreb. Her research explores Ottoman architecture, cities, and landscapes, with particular attention to multi-confessional buildings, infrastructure, and their connections to local heritage and wider Mediterranean and Eurasian networks.
🪢 After the discussion, an artist 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐟𝐨 will present his exhibition 𝙅𝙞𝙣. 𝙅𝙞𝙮𝙖𝙣. 𝘼𝙯𝙖𝙙î. – 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣. 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢:
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥—𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩, 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮.
𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺.
𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦.
This is a donation-based exhibition. Individual A4 prints are available for a minimum suggested donation of €20. Individual A3 prints are available for a minimum donation of €35. Two or more prints will be offered with a discounted price.
Jan Jafo (born in 2002) is a visual artist of Kurdish heritage who lives and works in Zagreb. Through exhibitions, murals, and illustrations, he explores themes of identity, language, home, and borders, and is active in the independent cultural scene.
🪢 This evening we will also enjoy the beautiful sounds of bağlama – saz, and songs in Kurdish, Turkish and Arabic performed by 𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐢. Also, don’t miss Turkish sweets.
•🪺• 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 is conceived and facilitated by 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐣𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐢ć and 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐮ž𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢ć. The program takes place within MaMa’s 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦 program strand, curated by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐚 𝐊𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐢ć.
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Preradovićeva 18, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Ulica Petra Preradovića 18, HR-10000 Zagreb, Hrvatska, Zagreb, Croatia
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