Mehmet Eroğlu
@mehmeteroglu.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Geography at Michigan State University. Interested in labor, informality, extractive industries, landscapes, etc.
Focusing on the Zonguldak basin during early republican Turkey, I argue that the resource-making of Zonguldak's coal reserves and state formation were dialectically linked. State elites leveraged coal reserves for state-building, while these efforts, in turn, shaped extraction policies/practices.
March 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Focusing on the Zonguldak basin during early republican Turkey, I argue that the resource-making of Zonguldak's coal reserves and state formation were dialectically linked. State elites leveraged coal reserves for state-building, while these efforts, in turn, shaped extraction policies/practices.