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What is the most enduring contribution of occupy movements around the world? In this volume, we argue that creativity and humour, as tools of persuasion in political rhetoric, are a principal contribution of occupy movements that took the form of intellectual disobedience in many countries. In order to support our claim, we focus our attention on the occupy movement in Turkey and claim that creativity and humour were the principle reason for the masses of people to occupy 79 of 81 cities in Turkey in June 2013. ‘Occupy Turkey’ has since continued to inspire the authors, the artists, the academics, and many other members of the creative class in the country.
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Yalcintas, A. (2015). Prelude: Occupy Turkey. In: Yalcintas, A. (eds) Creativity and Humour in Occupy Movements: Intellectual Disobedience in Turkey and Beyond. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137473639_1
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