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Türkay Salim Nefes is a Ramón y Cajal research fellow at the Institute of Public Goods and Policies of the Spanish National Research Council. Before this position, he was a William Golding Junior research fellow at the Brasenose College of the University of Oxford. His main research interest is on the diffusion and impacts of ethno-religious hostility, particularly conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy Theory Beliefs and their Impacts in Turkey: The Gezi Park Case
Building on Max Weber's sociological theory, this study proposes that value-laden and instrumentally rational predispositions can explain beliefs in conspiracy theories in Turkey. It argues that changing political contexts influencing people’s values and partisan preferences lead to fluctuations between left- and right-wing tendencies in conspiracy theorizing. The presentation discusses two studies. The first explores the significance of the Turkish government's conspiracy theories about the Gezi Park Protests in a popular forum website, Eksisozluk. The second study examines two nationwide surveys. Both researches confirm that people interpret the conspiracy theories in line with their values and interests.
This event will be held virtually. Link can be found below.