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Basak Kus

Basak Kus is assistant professor of sociology at Wesleyan University and a faculty fellow at the Council on Middle East Studies of Yale University.

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Financial Citizenship and the Hidden Crisis of the Working Class in the "New Turkey"

Substantial political, economic and social changes have taken place in Turkey since the early 2000s. Much of this transformation has happened on the watch of the Justice and Development Party (best known by its Turkish acronym, AKP), which has been in power since 2002. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, founder of the

Basak Kus • 12 min read