From MA finale exhibition at University of East London. September 2009.

This is exactly how it is. Being Turkish means that one is obliged to become a news-addict that has lots of memory storage in order to be able to explain one massacre with an earlier one, as the left-wing people are always victimized in many different massacres throughout Turkish history.

For years I have wanted to burn my EU passport. Because my European privilege was bothering me. It usually happens when Im in Turkey.

Dissertation for MA in Cultural Studies Goldsmiths, University of London Student Number: 33182845 London, 2011 Dissertation title Gendered Ayıp-Shame in Turkish Society and the Overcoming of it Among Turkish Female Avant-Garde Artists CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Methodology………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 Chapter Outline………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 CHAPTER 1 – Socialisation by Shame: Ayıp, Namus, and Mahalle Baskısı………………………………. 10 Cultures of Shame […]