Abstract
ABSTRACT Borderscape discussions have expanded border studies by emphasizing the defining aspect of borderline social relations. Thomas Nail also contributed literature by considering the immigrant’s resistance power with the concept of the figure. Nail’s theory, despite its methodological contribution, neglects the possibility that the proletariat’s everyday life experiences could not resist expansion strategies by expulsion. This article methodologically utilizes Henri Lefebvre’s works on everyday life and alienation to understand the situations in which the proletariat cannot reveal pedetic force. The article investigates the everyday life of truck drivers in Hopa Kopmuş Truck Park, one of the waiting points of the Sarp Border Gate. The article discusses the expansion strategies by expulsion that drivers are exposed to in their private life, leisure, and working life, as well as their relationship with the space in the context of alienation.
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