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    ECONOMIC CRISIS AND POLANYI'S DOUBLE MOVEMENT
    (CENTRAL BOHEMIA UNIV, 2016) Usenmez, Ozgur; Duman, Levent
    As experts discuss the causes and results of the 2008 financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession, economists of various strands, led mainly by Keynesians, are slowly beginning to question the supposed wisdom of unfettered markets. Since Keynesian-liberal disputes revolve around the symptoms of the crisis, rather than the historical and structural features of market economies, we consider a fresh approach about Polanyi's ideas on market, and his concept of double movement in regards to the effects of neo-liberalism on societies, as a timely intervention to these debates.
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    IDENTITY PROBLEMS IN TURKEY: ALEVIS and AKP
    (INT ORGANIZATION CENTER ACAD RESEARCH, 2015) Usenmez, Ozgur; Duman, Levent
    As successive Turkish governments have attempted, AKP too is trying to solve the perennial Alevi problem as part of its broader agenda regarding the question of minorities. However, this paper argues that there are two fundamental obstacles facing Turkey's conservatives in reaching a meaningful solution. First, there is the ontological issue that AKP itself does not represent a radical break with the country's tumultuous past in terms of perception toward Alevis. Secondly, there is the ideological issue that the Sunni majority, who are at the core of AKP's concept of oppressed Muslims, are hardly sympathetic to Alevi rituals or complaints. Decades long effects of Turkish-Islamic synthesis did not bode well for that effort also. So, any recognition of equal status on religious grounds for Alevis would create a backlash for the ruling party among its rural electorate.
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    TURKEY: BETWEEN LIBERALISM AND KEYNESIAN REGULATION
    (INT ORGANIZATION CENTER ACAD RESEARCH, 2016) Usenmez, Ozgur; Duman, Levent
    In the final analysis, and despite initial success of Keynesian regulations, years after the 2008 crisis the Turkish economy and society are still in the grip of structural problems of capitalist markets. As recounted below, these factors are chronic high unemployment, vast current account deficits and its associated problems in foreign exchange parities, and persistent inflation. These elements may be triggers for a social or economic crisis at any time and render the country especially vulnerable to external shocks originating in international markets. Hence, it is obvious that Keynesian solutions are not enough to make the system crisis-free.