Zusammenfassung
Der Istanbuler Stadtteil Kurtuluş stellt ein einzigartiges Forschungsfeld für die Untersuchung der gegenwärtigen türkischen Nachbarschaft (mahalle) als umkämpftes moralisches Territorium dar. Während Imaginäre der osmanischen mahalle derzeit durch die regierende AKP wiederbelebt werden, wirft dieser Artikel einen Blick auf gegen-hegemoniale neo-osmanische Imaginäre und deren normative Implikationen. Basierend auf einer ethnographischen Studie untersucht dieser Artikel die Art und Weise, in der die osmanische Nachbarschaft Tatavla derzeit von einer Vielzahl von Akteuren in dem nicht nur ethnisch vielfältigen, sondern auch sexuellen und vergeschlechtlichem Raum der mahalle mobilisiert wird. Im mutmaßlichen Bündnis mit seiner multiethnischen Vergangenheit und aufgrund seines vermeintlich ‘minderheiten-freundlichen’ Charakters, zieht das heutige Kurtuluş eine stetig wachsende Zahl von LGBTI-Bewohnern an. Das zeitgleiche Bemühen der lokalen Stadtverwaltung, eine Diversitätspolitik zu entwickeln, wirft Fragen nach dem Vermächtnis historischer Minderheitenregime auf. Ein näherer Blick auf die Ambiguitäten von Zugehörigkeit zur urbanen Nachbarschaft zeigt, wie der symbolischen Allianz mit der osmanischen Nachbarschaft zum Trotz, Sichtbarkeitsregime sowie im Alltag verhandelte Praktiken der Nachbarschaftlichkeit (komşuluk) über Ein- und Ausschluss innerhalb der mahalle entscheiden.
Abstract
The Istanbul neighborhood of Kurtuluş poses a unique field of inquiry for a study of the contemporary Turkish neighborhood (mahalle) as disputed moral territory. While the imaginary of the Ottoman mahalle is currently being revitalized by the ruling party AKP, this article looks into counter-hegemonic NeoOttoman imaginaries and their normative implications. Based on an ethnographic study, the article scrutinizes the ways in which imaginaries of the Ottoman Istanbul neighborhood of Tatavla (today known as Kurtuluş) are currentlymobilized by a multiplicity of local actors in this not only ethnically diversified, but also sexual and gendered mahalle space. Seemingly embracing its multiethnic past, present-day Kurtuluş keeps attracting a rising number of LGBTI residents due to its alleged ‘minority-friendly’ character. Concurrently, the local municipality’s effort to establish a diversity policy raises questions around the historical legacies of minority regimes. A closer examination of the ambiguities of belonging to the urban neighborhood reveals how despite the symbolic alliance with Ottoman pluralism, regimes of visibility and every-day practices of neighborliness (komşuluk) determine the inclusion to and exclusion from this diverse mahalle space.
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Woźniak, U. (2018). Diversity in the Monochrome?. In: Hohberger, W., Karadag, R., Müller, K., Ramm, C. (eds) Grenzräume, Grenzgänge, Entgrenzungen. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20451-8_3
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