Should states meet the needs of citizens or safeguard their rights? This distinction underlies much of Turkey’s current policy debate.
In this discussion, Ayşe Buğra, one of the country’s leading social scientists, reflects on the limits of empowerment under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. She addresses the tensions between needs and rights as well as between difference and equality in a conversation with Ayşe Çağlar Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna. Together, they explore the issues fueling Turkey’s current trajectory, both domestically and in the context of populism’s global rise.
Speakers:
Ayşe Buğra & Ayşe Çağlar
This discussion formed part of the Vienna Humanties Festival 2018, to find out more about the festival, visit TTTdebates.org at: https://www.tttdebates.org/vienna-humanities-festival-2018-power-powerlessness/
