Performing Public Confessions: Avowal and Disavowal of State Violence in Turkey

Author/Contributor(s):	Yildiz, Yesim Yaprak
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	05/12/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

It is widely thought that confessions from perpetrators of state violence promote accountability, reconciliation, and justice. Yeşim Yaprak Yıldız 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.