Carnival collective action and urban spaces

Nowadays, collective action and new social movements are modern phenomena which have derived from urbanization, the development of economic relations, new values, expectations and new social activities. Confrontation between the government and new social movements is usually manifested in urban areas, and because of government control, can become a protest movement or revolution. These movements are not after major changes in governments and often have limited demands and aim for changes in small institutions of power, lifestyle, environment, social issues. urban spaces have important roles in socio-political life, and play a role as the center of communication and transformation in cities. By providing a different time –space perspective, places like squares and parks, can offer, in a different form, the right atmosphere for the carnival collective actions and demands of the middle classes. Drawing on the ideas of Bakhtin, this article, with a view to Istanbul in 2013 and using the documentary method and direct observation, attempts to study the impact of urban spaces to prepare the perfect platform for the formation of collective action and new social movements, Places like Taksim Square in Istanbul, creates a space to talk, discuss and comment in a free form and open place. By creating a platform for continuous discourses, it is possible to create targeted collective actions and reformative movements and help the development of civil society and political development.