Convict Labor in Turkey, 1936–1953: A Capitalist Corporation in the State?
| Title | Convict Labor in Turkey, 1936–1953: A Capitalist Corporation in the State? |
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| Author | Sipahi, Ali |
| Publication Date: | 2016 |
| Publication Place | - Cambridge University Press |
| Type | Periodical |
| Language | English |
| Digital | Yes |
| Manuscript | No |
| Library: | Özyeğin University |
| Library Asset ID | 1471-6445 |
| Record ID | 12ae03c5-f1cd-4884-97d6-a791a56d0476 |
| Library Location | Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Date | 2016 |
| Sample Text | The article proposes the institutional analysis of convict labor as an alternative to both (profit-oriented) economic and (discipline-oriented) political explanations. The specialized labor-based prisons in Turkey from 1936 to 1953 are brought to light by archival research and are presented here as a rich case to discuss the experiential/subjective conditions of unfree labor regimes and the structural effects of institutions on the convicts’ experiences. I argue that the state department responsible for prison labor in Turkey was transformed into a capitalist corporation with bureaucratic management, and the target of convict labor system was neither profit nor discipline, but the creation of the corporate bureaucracy itself. As a consequence, both for prisoners and for the prison staff, labor-based prisons appeared as privileged places. Hence, unfree labor was volunteered. |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0147547916000144 |
| Cilt | 90 |
