Using an oral history approach, this book draws on Gypsy and non-Gypsy narratives to tell the story of Gypsy forced dislocation from Bayramic, a northwestern town of Turkey, in 1970. Gül Özatesler examines memory construction, the categories of Gypsyness and Turkishness, and the different perspectives and positions that emerged, considering all in relation to underlying socioeconomic structure. The book reveals how ethnic and other identities can be deployed to conceal socioeconomic and political inequalities.

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Gül Özate?ler is a post-doctoral researcher at Social Policy Forum, Bo?aziçi University, Turkey.

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Book Title: Gypsy Stigma and Exclusion in Turkey, 1970
Book Subtitle: The Social Dynamics of Exclusionary Violence
Authors: Gül Özateşler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137386625
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38661-8Published: 11 February 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48170-5Published: 11 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38662-5Published: 22 January 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 247
Topics: Middle Eastern Culture, Crime and Society, Ethnicity Studies, Sociology, general

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Gypsies under Surveillance

Historical Context: The Timing of the Attacks

Gypsyness in the Town

Narrating the Attacks

The Forced Dislocation: From Drivers’ Feud to Gypsy Hunt

Conclusion

Back Matter

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