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Borsuk, İmren

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    Turkey’s Kurdish peace process from a conflict resolution perspective
    (SETA, 2016) N/A; Borsuk, İmren; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
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    Turkey's Kurdish peace process from a conflict resolution perspective
    (Seta Foundation, 2016) N/A; Borsuk, İmren; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
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    Violence and security concerns in post-conflict Northern Ireland
    (Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, Ihsan Dogramaci Peace Foundation, 2016) N/A; Borsuk, İmren; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
    Eighteen years after the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland struggles with a lingering sense of insecurity. This article discusses the underlying reasons for a sense of insecurity and vulnerability in this post-conflict context. First, ongoing sporadic communal violence reactivates communal divisions and the psychological burden of "the Troubles. " The activities of spoiler paramilitary groups and sporadic communal troubles still fuel people's anxiety about the possibility of renewed violence, as the history of political violence proves how these influences can be a destabilizing factor in inter-communal relations. Second, the unchanging patterns of political mobilization, based on the historical division of unionism and nationalism, reinforce the previous cleavages and continue to inform the boundaries of the communal divide. The political arena is still plagued by ethnic outbidding and intransigent party politicking, both of which pit communities against each other and keep the zero-sum bias between the groups alive. Third, the working-class communities that constituted the backbone of the political violence carry on the legacy of war with their continued paramilitary presence and legacy of sectarianism. The social vulnerabilities of working-class areas, such as continuing paramilitary presence, the legacy of sectarianism in segregated neighborhoods, persistent mistrust toward the police, and growing youth unemployment, need to be addressed in order to generate a long-term social infrastructure for peace.
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    From war to peace: Northern Ireland conflict and the peace process
    (Uluslararasi Iliskiler Konseyi Dernegi, 2016) N/A; Borsuk, İmren; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A
    This article analyzes the reasons ethnic violence erupted in Northern Ireland at the end of the 1960s. Based on semi-structured interviews with civil society workers, local deputies and residents in Northern Ireland that took place during August-September 2014, it argues that in the Northern Ireland case, the cleavage structure and political competition which overlapped with bipolar ethnic divide rendered political parties incapable to appeal to ethnic diversity within Northern Irish society. This article shows that the unionist-nationalist cleavage structure and political competition based on plurality rule brought about ethnic polarization and intensified interethnic tensions by producing governments supported exclusively by Protestants and hindering the incorporation of Catholics into the political system. It also demonstrates that peace negotiations in Northern Ireland were a process of institutional innovation in order to incorporate both communities into the political system.