Antakya'da siyaset ve uzam (2011-2019)

This thesis attempts to analyse the youth politics in the Armutlu neighborhood, a predominantly Arab Alawi place in Hatay, between 2012 and 2015. Two pillars of the youth movement were the Syrian War (2011) and the Gezi Protests (2012). September 12, 2012, a pro-Assad demonstration was a breaking point for the Armutlu people and it immediately merged with the Antakya-Gezi movement. The Armutlu youth is the main actor in this anti-government protest. The political mobilization of the youth has generated a huge revision in their own Arab-Alawi identities as well as the identity of the neighborhood. Besides, it brought about the reconfiguration of the urban space in the neighborhood. This thesis aims to bring the questions of identity, space, and politics in an Alawi working-class neighborhood between 2012 and 2015.