Istanbul as a Showcase of AKP's Electoral Techno-Nationalism

Yohanan Benhaïm & translated by Oliver Waine — 2025-06-03T05:00:00Z

In Turkey, President Tayyip Erdoğan was re-elected for a third term in May 2023. Yohanan Benhaïm looks back on the last electoral campaign in Istanbul and shows how "techno-nationalism" and its implementation in urban spaces have become an electoral tool for the ruling AKP party.
In Turkey, despite the economic crisis and the earthquake of February 2023, the elections of May 14 and 28, 2023, saw the People's Coalition (Cumhur Ittifakı) retain its majority in parliament and President Erdoğan

- From the Field / Turquie, Istanbul, politique, élections, mégapole, industrie de défense, technonationalisme, campagne électoral

Montreal's Alleyways: A Laboratory for Democratic Life

Joëlle Zask & translated by Oliver Waine — 2021-02-12T06:00:00Z

The participation of a city's inhabitants in democratic life begins with forms of everyday sociability and commitment to the common good. The alleyways of Montreal—where communities of neighbors and citizens have developed—are an eloquent example of this.
There is a very specific, even emblematic, urban feature in Montreal: the alleyway. Hidden behind the row houses whose backyards they run along, they have been cleared, rebuilt, embellished, and greened by the residents of the neighborhoods

- From the Field / communauté, démocratie, voisinage, espace public, sociabilité, rue, quartier, politique, citoyenneté, proximité, débat, participation, Montréal, Canada

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Istanbul as a Showcase of AKP's Electoral Techno-Nationalism

Montreal's Alleyways: A Laboratory for Democratic Life