Erdoğanism’s Undesired Citizens
2020; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês
10.2139/ssrn.3696247
ISSN1556-5068
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Turkish Studies
ResumoIn the post-coup attempt Turkey, AKP has developed a staunchly nationalist narrative in a populist attempt to extend its “base beyond Islamists or even AKP voters to a more amorphously defined ‘the people.’ In this understanding, ‘the people’ (or ‘the nation’) are defined more by who is excluded from it: Kurds, Academics for Peace, Gülenists, leftists, etc, all of whom are cast as traitors.” Kemalists are framed “as elites who are out of touch with the ‘real’, authentic values of ‘the people’, and they are usually charged with visiting historical horrors on simple people in the name of Westernization or progress.” Practicing Muslims who are not loyal to Erdoğan such as the participants of the Gülen Movement or Süleymancıs, or followers of Adnan Oktar, or even Islamist groups such as Furkan Vakfı group whose leader has been in prison because of his criticism of Erdoğan are also undesired citizens of Erdoğanism in addition to the liberals, leftists, socialists, Alevis and Kurds who do not accept Erdoğan’s Turkish Muslim nationalism that does not want recognize Kurds as equal citizens. All of these groups have easily been constructed as terrorists, internal enemies of the nation and pawns of the Western powers that do not want Turkey to lead the Muslim world.
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