Gezi Resistance: A Movement Experimenting with Politics

Gezi resistance which occurred at the beginning of the twenty first century took place in the history of the social movements as an unexpected, surprising and authentic social struggle. its significance and the way how to define it is still discussed by social scientists and activists themselves as well as the political power. the effort to interpret and define social movements causes approaches which evaluate them upon their pure claims and concrete effects. however, as it’s proved by gezi resistance, social movements have also a transforming potential against existing inequalities and a search for an alternative sociality beyond their concrete demands. the purpose of this article is to evaluate gezi resistance within the frame of its transforming potential and experience of politics enabled by a distinctive plurality case rather than the expressed claims and concrete effects.