Virtue Party reaches out to the poor ahead of elections

Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya Adı: Taha Torosİstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı (TR10/14/YEN/0033) İstanbul Development Agency (TR10/14/YEN/0033

Turks rediscover Ottoman entertainment during Ramadan

Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya Adı: Taha Torosİstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı (TR10/14/YEN/0033) İstanbul Development Agency (TR10/14/YEN/0033

“9/11 is alive and well” or how critical terrorism studies has sustained the 9/11 narrative

This article argues that despite engaging in a powerful critique of the construction of the attacks of 11 September 2001 (or “9/11”) as temporal break, critical terrorism scholars have sustained and reproduced this same construction of “9/11”. Through a systematic analysis of the research articles published in Critical Studies on Terrorism, this article illustrates how critical scholars have overall failed to extricate themselves from this dominant narrative, as they inhabit the same visual, emotional and professional landscape as those they critique. After examining how CTS has reproduced but also renegotiated this narrative, the article concludes with what Michel Foucault would describe as an “effective history” of the attacks – in this case, a personal narrative of how the attacks did not constitute a moment of personal rupture but nonetheless later became a backdrop to justify my scholarship and career. It ends with a renewal of Maya Zeyfuss’ call to forget “9/11”

“9/11 is alive and well” or how critical terrorism studies has sustained the 9/11 narrative

This article argues that despite engaging in a powerful critique of the construction of the attacks of 11 September 2001 (or “9/11”) as temporal break, critical terrorism scholars have sustained and reproduced this same construction of “9/11”. Through a systematic analysis of the research articles published in Critical Studies on Terrorism, this article illustrates how critical scholars have overall failed to extricate themselves from this dominant narrative, as they inhabit the same visual, emotional and professional landscape as those they critique. After examining how CTS has reproduced but also renegotiated this narrative, the article concludes with what Michel Foucault would describe as an “effective history” of the attacks – in this case, a personal narrative of how the attacks did not constitute a moment of personal rupture but nonetheless later became a backdrop to justify my scholarship and career. It ends with a renewal of Maya Zeyfuss’ call to forget “9/11”

Dialogue, Praxis and the State: A Response to Richard Jackson

The article argues in favour of an engagement with state actors for critical terrorism scholars, challenging Richard Jackson's assertion that such engagement necessarily involves co-optation

UK Counter Terrorism Narratives: An Analysis of the Action Counters Terrorism Campaign 2017-2020.

The Action Counters Terrorism Campaign is a public-facing campaign of the UK Government aimed at explaining and supporting the government’s counter terrorism efforts. One of its primary components is a series of videos released on Youtube between 2017 and 2020. The dominant narrative of this campaign is that “ordinary people” can assist in counter terrorism and counter radicalization by being alert and following basic rules (such as Run, Hide, Tell). As part of a GCHQ Research Fellowship in National Resilience examining online messaging on violent extremism, Dr Harmonie Toros carried out a gendered narrative analysis of the ACT video campaign