Deniz Pelek is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at İzmir Democracy University in Türkiye. She received her PhD degree from the Atatürk Institute at Boğaziçi University and the Geopolitical Institute at Paris-8 University (2019) within the framework of the double doctoral degree programme (cotutelle). Her research interests are critical agrarian studies, migration…
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Agricultural production and COVID-19 disease in Turkey: emergent contradictions and solidarities
by Deniz Pelek Turkey announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on 11 March 2020, relatively later than many other countries. Several precautions were taken gradually for preventing the spread of the virus. Schools and universities were closed and distance education started; a travel ban was imposed to most countries where the number of COVID-19…