Convict Labor in Turkey, 1936–1953: A Capitalist Corporation in the State?

Name: Convict Labor in Turkey, 1936–1953: A Capitalist Corporation in the State?
Author: Sipahi, Ali

İsim	Convict Labor in Turkey, 1936–1953: A Capitalist Corporation in the State?
Yazar	Sipahi, Ali
Basım Tarihi:	2016
Basım Yeri	- Cambridge University Press
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	1471-6445
Kayıt Numarası	12ae03c5-f1cd-4884-97d6-a791a56d0476
Lokasyon	Humanities and Social Sciences
Tarih	2016
Örnek Metin	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

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Convict Labor in Turkey, 1936–1953: A Capitalist Corporation in the State?

Yazar Sipahi, Ali

Basım Tarihi 2016

Basım Yeri - Cambridge University Press

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 1471-6445

Kayıt Numarası 12ae03c5-f1cd-4884-97d6-a791a56d0476

Lokasyon Humanities and Social Sciences

Tarih 2016

Örnek Metin 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