Dr Başak Ertür

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Publications and research outputs

Spectacles and specters: a performative theory of political trials Ertür, Başak. 2022. Spectacles and specters: a performative theory of political trials. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9781531501877

The Routledge Handbook on the Lived Experience of Ideology Martel, James R.; Ertür, Başak; Mansoori, Naveed and Parsley, Connal, eds. 2025. The Routledge Handbook on the Lived Experience of Ideology. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781003108634
Warten auf die Barbaren: Zum Gedenken an Edward W. Said Sökmen, Müge G. and Ertür, Başak, eds. 2017. Warten auf die Barbaren: Zum Gedenken an Edward W. Said. Engelschoff, Germany: Verlag auf dem Ruffel. ISBN 9783933847515
Manual for conspiracy Ertür, Başak, ed. 2011. Manual for conspiracy. Sharjah, UAE: Sharjah Art Foundation, pp. 29-40.

Something is Rotten in the State Ertür, Başak and Martel, James, eds. 2016. Something is Rotten in the State, Theory & Event, 19(1). 2572-6633

The Force of Laughter and a Minor Jurisprudence of Refusal: A Question of Silence (Marleen Gorris, 1982) Ertür, Başak. 2026. The Force of Laughter and a Minor Jurisprudence of Refusal: A Question of Silence (Marleen Gorris, 1982). In: Peter Goodrich; Bernadette Meyler and Anna Kimmel, eds. Performing Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
‘Wo beginnen’ [‘Where to Begin? Revision as Method’] Lebow, Alisa and Ertür, Başak. 2021. ‘Wo beginnen’ [‘Where to Begin? Revision as Method’]. In: Nicole Wolf, ed. Grenzfälle:Dokumentarische Praxis zwischen Film und Literatur bei Merle Kröger und Philip Scheffner [Borderline Cases: Documentary practice between film and literature with Merle Kröger and Philip Scheffner]. Berlin: Verlag Vorwerk 8. ISBN 9783947238354
Türkçe Basıma Sunuş: Çeviride Mülksüzleşme Ertür, Başak; Butler, Judith and Athanasiou, Athena. 2017. Türkçe Basıma Sunuş: Çeviride Mülksüzleşme. In: Judith Butler and Athena Athanasiou, eds. Mülksüzleşme Siyasaldaki Performatif. Istanbul, Turkey: Metis, pp. 9-21.

Countering Forensic Violence: Philip Scheffner’s Revision Ertür, Başak and Lebow, Alisa. 2025. Countering Forensic Violence: Philip Scheffner’s Revision. World Records, 9, pp. 29-43. ISSN 2640-0065
La barricade Ertür, Başak. 2020. La barricade. Techniques & Culture(74), pp. 72-73. ISSN 0248-6016
Note sulla difficoltà di scrivere a proposito della violenza di Stato Ertür, Başak. 2019. Note sulla difficoltà di scrivere a proposito della violenza di Stato. Aut aut(384), ISSN 0005-0601

For the record: The World Tribunal on Iraq Dadak, Zeynep; Ertür, Başak; Köstepen, Enis and Lebow, Alisa. 2007. For the record: The World Tribunal on Iraq.

Report on the First Ergenekon Indictment Ertür, Başak. 2009. Report on the First Ergenekon Indictment. Technical Report. Amnesty International.

Spectacles and spectres: political trials, performativity and scenes of sovereignty Ertür, Başak. 2015. Spectacles and spectres: political trials, performativity and scenes of sovereignty. Doctoral thesis, Birkbeck, University of London

Law of Denial: The Armenian Genocide at the European Court of Human Rights Ertür, Başak. 2019. Law of Denial: The Armenian Genocide at the European Court of Human Rights. Critical Legal Thinking.
In Turkey, academics asking for peace are accused of terrorism Butler, Judith and Ertür, Başak. 2017. In Turkey, academics asking for peace are accused of terrorism. The Guardian, London.
Plenty of History Ertür, Başak. 2012. Plenty of History. Manifesta Journal #15, Amsterdam.