Episode 05
What does it mean to be a woman of Turkish nationality working in academia in the US and Europe? Listen to Ezgi share her struggles of being a female academic of Turkish national in a context where race, class and gender play an important role in shaping one’s experiences.
Recommended sources:
On racism in Turkey
Bulent Gokay, “Race and racism in modern Turkey,” Open Democracy, November 5, 2014. [an overview]
DW News, Afro-Turks on the legacy of the Ottoman Empire’s slave trade, 2019. [on Afro-Turks - video]
On racism in Turkey (specifically against Kurds)
“Kurds,” World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, June 2018. [a brief overview - information on other minorities & indigenous peoples in Turkey can also be found here]
“The Kurds’ quest for independence: 1920-2019,” Council on Foreign Relations, n.d. [a timeline - including but not limited to Turkey]
Pelin Unker, “Kurds in Turkey increasingly subject to violent hate crimes,” DW, October 22, 2019. [current situation in Turkey]
Hugh Pope, “Pride, prejudice and the case of Kurdish ethnicity in Turkey,” International Crisis Group, Feb 25, 2014. [an analysis on recent books about Kurds]
On racism against Turks in Europe
Christoph Ramm, “THE MUSLIM MAKERS: How Germany ‘islamizes’ Turkish immigrants,” Interventions 12, no.2 (July 2010):183-97. [an academic article]
Katharina Hametner, “From retreating to resisting: How Austrian-Turkish women deal with experiences of racism,” Migration Letters 11, no.3 (September 14, 2014):288-99. [an academic article]
On women of colour & tokenism
Scott Jaschik, “Inclusivity or tokenism?,” Inside Higher Ed, May 10, 2007.
