Rhizomatic Transformations of Feminist Politics and Subjectivities in Contemporary Turkey

This article examines the transformation of feminist politics and subjectivities in response to recent changes in Turkey’s socioeconomic and political landscape. Drawing on 2 years of field research employing a mixed-methods design, combining surveys with in-depth interviews, I map the evolving configurations of feminist engagements. I argue that feminism is increasingly rearticulated as a rhizomatic configuration, characterized by decentralized expansions beyond its earlier class, demographic, spatial, and political boundaries. Yet, as global antigender backlash intensifies, much of the literature has measured the movement’s political power in terms of public visibility, which in turn has led to the neglect of everyday political practices. This article contributes to the literature by offering an alternative framework that captures the emerging (micro)political articulations and processes of feminist becoming embedded in everyday life that remain invisible or devalued as depoliticized within conventional epistemic lenses.