What is it about?
The Yellow Vests movement in France, and the Gezi movement in Turkey took the shape of violently-repressed anti-government revolts from the 2010s. They are however widely different: in France, the unrest started as a reaction to an unfair fiscal measure initially meant to tackle climate change while in Turkey it was a reaction to wide-spread environmental destruction resulting from governmental policies.
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Why is it important?
It shows how challenging it is to negotiate between environmental and social policies in order to implement a just transition that is socially acceptable while allowing humanity to keep living comfortably on this planet for the foreseeable future.
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This page is a summary of: Gezi and the Yellow Vests Protests, February 2024, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004691070_006.
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