Mert Koçak

Mert Koçak is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University (CEU). He holds an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an MA in Gender Studies from CEU. His academic interests are queer migration, migration industries, and LGBTI+ movements.

Touching Elbows: The Turkish Concept of “Dirsek Teması”

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Life & Language: the Dictionary of the Queer International (9/10)

Touching Elbows: The Turkish Concept of “Dirsek Teması”

Written by Mert Koçak, Illustrated by Hagra

When LGBTI+ people occupy physical spaces alongside other social groups in struggle, a solidarity network becomes possible. That is dirsek teması.