Elise Massicard on muhtars, the state and society in Turkey
Turkey Book Talk
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Introduction
In this episode we hear from Elis Masikard, political sociologist and senior researcher at the Centre for International Studies. He is the author of Street Level Governing, negotiating the state in urban Turkey published by Stanford University Press. The book takes a deep dive into the world of the Muftar, the lowest level of the administrative rung in Turkey. In recent years their ambiguous position somewhere between the state and the public has come under pressure as President Erdogan seeks to increase his authority over every aspect of Turkish society.
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