Pandemic and Protests in Turkey and Israel

• In Event: Poster Session: Comparative Politics I

Abstract

This article examines ways in which social movements have been impacted and responded in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and Israel. What kind of protests were carried out during the pandemic? What kind of responses were taken by the governments towards protests in these two countries in the Middle East? How did social movements adopt to the pandemic measures? What kind of impacts the measures and responses had on the civil society? These questions will be answered using Protest Event Analysis based on newspaper data. The initial results show an ongoing social movement activity in both cases during the pandemic, around global and national issues. The levels of mobilization and government response differs based on the regime in the corresponding country.

Author

• Selin Bengi Gumrukcu, Rutgers University, New Brunswick