{"product_id":"performing-public-confessions-avowal-and-disavowal-of-state-violence-in-turkey-paperback","title":"Performing Public Confessions: Avowal and Disavowal of State Violence in Turkey - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYeşim Yaprak Yıldız\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is widely thought that confessions from perpetrators of state violence promote accountability, reconciliation, and justice. \u003ci\u003ePerforming Public Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e offers a challenge to this view through a critical examination of perpetrators' narratives, analyzing them as performances that shape public perceptions of state violence and responsibility. With a focus on Turkey, this book develops new insights into the performative aspects of confessions and what they reveal about the dominant social, moral, and political order. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYeşim Yaprak Yıldız explores public confessions by Turkish state actors implicated in atrocities against Kurds during the 1990s, showing that their accounts often function to obscure rather than clarify responsibility. Through close readings of perpetrators' rhetorical strategies, audience reactions, and media representations, she demonstrates that confessions are rarely straightforward admissions of guilt. Instead, they frequently perpetuate mechanisms of denial, silence, evasion, and disavowal, normalizing atrocities, reinforcing impunity, and masking the structural nature of state violence. Yıldız argues that perpetrators' narratives, when placed in their social contexts, illuminate the underlying moral and political frameworks that govern Turkish society. Bringing together theoretical reflections with rich analysis of case studies, this book uncovers the political and ethical limitations of public confessions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYeşim Yaprak Yıldız is a lecturer in sociology and program convener for the MA in Human Rights, Culture, and Social Justice at Goldsmiths, University of London. She previously worked for many years with local and international human rights NGOs, and she is coeditor in chief of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Perpetrator Research\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53377374814515,"sku":"9780231222310","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/yFmj2tW9ne9780231222310.webp?v=1779321081","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/performing-public-confessions-avowal-and-disavowal-of-state-violence-in-turkey-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}