Çapuling

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Wall slogan in Istanbul, modification of the famous poem by Orhan Veli : "Çapuling to Istanbul, my eyes are closed"
Graffiti from June 2013, seen on many T-shirts and posters.
Tayyip Erdoğan triggered the political debate about the word by calling the protesters “çapulcu”.
"Berlin chaps"

Çapuling (pronunciation: [ t͡ʃapuɫɪŋ ]), also written as chapulling or çapulling , is a neologism that arose as part of the protests in Turkey in 2013 and goes back to a choice of words by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , who used the term "çapulcu" ([ t͡ʃapuɫd͡ʒu ], Turkish for “ marauder ” or “ looter ”) was used as the name for the demonstrators. The term was picked up by the protesters and converted into a Geusen word by using "çapulcu" as a self-designation. In the context of the spreading protests, Çapuling was coined as a word that deliberately juxtaposed Erdoğan's use of a term with negative connotations with an image of demonstrators who do anything but do not plunder. The word “çapuling” is used by sympathizers of the protests to mean “fight for their own rights”.

Word meaning

The term "çapulcu" is derived from the Turkish word "çapul" (raid, plunder), which is given the meaning of "robber" or "looter" through the suffix -cu .

The Society for the Turkish Language (TDK) denied a report on June 6, 2013, according to which the definition of “çapulcu” was changed in early June 2013 in the online edition of its dictionary to “Insurgents against public order, troublemakers” ( “düzene aykırı davranışlarda bulunan, düzeni bozan ” ). Despite the denial, the new definition, which differs from the printed version of the dictionary, can still be viewed online.

Hürriyet reported a possible spelling of “çapuling” in German as “chapulating or chapping”. In the context of protests in Kreuzberg, the daily newspaper Junge Welt ran the headline “Berlin too» chapulates «”.

The Turkish-English online dictionary Zargan added “chapulling” as a new term, which Agence France Presse described as a “ gesture of solidarity towards the demonstrators”. The German writer Feridun Zaimoğlu explained the term in his ZEIT article “It snows in hell”.

Development as a political term

The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described the protesters as follows in a speech to members of his party on June 1, 2013:

“We can't just watch some 'çapulcu' incite our people. […] Yes, we will also build a mosque. I don't need permission for this - neither from the chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) nor from a few “çapulcu”. I have my permission from the fifty percent of the citizens who have elected us as their ruling party. "

In the public reception of Erdoğan's speech, the description of the protesters as looters in particular led to outrage. Within a few days, the term "çapulcu", which had previously had a negative connotation, experienced a change in meaning to a positive self-designation. The formation of the term was also discussed by several national daily newspapers, for example in France by the conservative Figaro or the liberal The Express Tribune in Pakistan with reference to the AFP news agency .

International supporters of the events at Gezi Park photographed themselves with slogans such as “I am also a Çapulcu” and posted the photos on social media as a greeting to the protesters in Turkey. The movement was also supported by the politically active linguist Noam Chomsky , who called himself a "Çapulcu" and added the following slogan: "Everywhere is Taksim , everywhere is resistance" (" Her yer Taksim, her yer direniş ").

Erdoğan had previously used the term in a completely different context to denote political opponents: In April 2013, he announced that his efforts to end the armed conflict with the PKK would not be sabotaged by “three to five çapulcu”.

Spread as a viral video

The term “Çapuling” and the slogan “Everyday I'm çapuling”, which was also used as graffiti and which developed into the “Slogan of Taksim Square”, were spread through a viral video . Shown are recordings of happy, dancing and music-making demonstrators, which are highlighted with excerpts from the single party Rock Anthem (" Every day I'm shufflin ' ") by the American electro / hip-hop duo LMFAO . In its title, the video uses the term in the anglicised form "Everyday I'm Chapulling": "'Every day I am plundering', this word creation from Turkish and English should mean."

See also

Web links

Commons : Çapuling  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ 'Just a few looters': Turkish PM Erdogan dismisses protests as thousands occupy Istanbul's Taksim Square . The Independent . Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Turkish Prime Minister Calling the protesters looters . CNN . Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ↑ Turkey: Erdogan brands protesters 'extremists' and 'looters' . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ What Is Capuling? 'Everyday I'm Çapuling' Turkish Protest Video Goes Viral . International Business Times . Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b c 'Chapulling': Turkish protesters spread the edgy word , Agence France Presse . Retrieved June 8, 2013. 
  6. ↑ TDK'dan 'çapulcu' açıklaması , Hürriyet . 6th June 2013. 
  7. ↑ TDK 'çapulcu'nun tanımını değiştirdi! . Retrieved June 8, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Another translation due to the possibilities of interpretation in the Turkish language would be: “Insurgents against the existing system; System disruptor ”(“ düzen ”: public order, (political) system).
  9. ↑ Gezi Parkı eylemleri yepyeni bir fiil yarattı: çapullamak . Hürriyet . Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  10. ↑ June 8th, 2013: Protests against Erdogan: Berlin also "chaps" . young world . Retrieved June 8, 2013.
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  14. ↑ À Istanbul, le parc de Gezi s'est transformé en kermesse libertaire . Le Figaro . 06/06/2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  15. ↑ Gezi Park crackdown recalls 'most shameful moments of Turkish history,' says Chomsky . Hurriyetdailynews.com. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  16. ↑ Noam Chomsky'de Çapulcu Oldu . Youtube.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Üç beş tane çapulcu köşe yazarı ..." . Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  18. ↑ EVERYDAY I'M ÇAPULING - Le slogan de la place Taksim . Lepetitjournal.com . Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  19. ↑ Alihan OLCAR: Everyday I'm Çapuling! ( Memento of June 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), YouTube, June 4, 2013, accessed June 7, 2013.
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