Ortadoğu’da Az Çalışılmış Bir Konu Olarak Devrim

Year 2018, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 1 - 12, 31.12.2018

Bayram Sinkaya

Abstract

2011 Arap Baharı, otoriteryenizmin sürekliliği ile
özdeşleştirilen Ortadoğu’da toplumsal hareketler ve devrimlere olan akademik
ilginin artmasına sebep oldu. Bu süreç farklı ülkelerde değişik sonuçlara yol
açmış olsa da özellikle Ortadoğu’da devrimlerin ve toplumsal hareketlerin
nedenleri, seyri ve sonuçları üzerinde çalışan yeni bir literatür ortaya çıktı.
Aslında bölgede meydana gelen toplumsal hareketler ve devrimler gerek Ortadoğu
çalışmaları literatüründe, gerekse toplumsal hareket çalışmaları literatüründe
uzunca bir süre ihmal edilmiş ve az çalışılmıştır. Bu makalede, ilgili
literatürde göz ardı edilmiş olmasına rağmen Ortadoğu’da çok sayıda toplumsal
hareketin ve devrimin olduğu belirtilmektedir ve Ortadoğu’da meydana gelen
devrimlerin genel bir değerlendirmesi yapılmaktadır. Bu arka planın ortaya
çıkarılmasından sonra ilgili literatürün Ortadoğu’da meydan gelen devrimlere ve
sosyal hareketlere karşı kayıtsızlığının nedenleri ortaya konulmaya çalışılmaktadır. 

Keywords

Toplumsal Hareketler, Devrim, Ortadoğu Çalışmaları, Arap Baharı

Revolution as an Under-Explored Theme in the Middle East

Abstract

The Arab Spring of 2011 has revived an academic interest in social
movements and revolutions in the Middle East, which was used to be associated
with the persistence of authoritarianism. Although the Arab Spring has come up
with different outcomes in various countries, currently, there is a burgeoning
literature that studies reasons, processes and outcomes of recent social
movements and revolutions particularly in the Middle East. In fact, the
subject of social movements and revolutions has been underestimated and
underexplored in the Middle East studies, or Social Movements studies for a
long time. This article argues that despite the negligence of the relevant
literature, history of the Middle East has witnessed numerous social
movements and revolutions. Then, it provides a historical overview of Middle
Eastern revolutions. Against this background, this paper attempts to analyze
potential reasons of the aloofness the literature towards social movements and
revolutions the Middle East. 

Keywords

Social Movements, Revolution, Essentialism, Middle East Studies, Arab Spring

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