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Construction of New Turkey  Paid

Turkish Identity in Transition: From Kemalist Hyper-Modernism to Religious Conservatism

by Orhun Cem Karsavuran (Author)
©2020, Monographs, 328 Pages
Science, Society & Culture

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Justice and Development Party (JDP), as the sole incumbent force for the last decade and a half, has proven to be an influential political actor with its power and capability to shape-shift the domestic and foreign policy of the Republic of Turkey. Within this context, this work analyses the transformation of the Turkish society through a constructivist perspective in the context of a «transformational shift» from the «traditional» experienced throughout the JDP tenure. JDP’s «new» policy orientation is scrutinized through a constructivist lens to examine the entrenched «clash of identities» between the Islamists and the secularists in Turkish politics.

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • About the author
  • About the book
  • Citability of the eBook
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Contending Approaches to Foreign Policy: Constructivism as an Explanatory Framework
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 International Relations and Contending Paradigms: Realism, Idealism, Constructivism and Foreign Policy
      • 1.2.1 The Realist-Idealist Contention
      • 1.2.2 Social Constructivism as a Critical Reading
        • 1.2.2.1 Two Perspectives of Constructivism: Wendt and Onuf
        • 1.2.2.2 Wendt’s Constructivism
        • 1.2.2.3 The Role of Norms-Values and State Interaction
        • 1.2.2.4 The “Self” and the “Other” Axis
        • 1.2.2.5 The Issue of “Cultures of Anarchy” and the Role of Socialisation Process
        • 1.2.2.6 Inter-Subjectivity, Social Interaction-Learning and the Role of Identities
    • 1.3 Conclusion
  • 2 Constructivism and Foreign Policy Nexus: Factors, Dynamics, Processes and Turkish Foreign Policy
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 Aspects of Constructivism and the Convergence of Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy
      • 2.2.1 Constructivism and Foreign Policy: The Structure-Agent Issue
      • 2.2.2 Foreign Policy: Factors, Perceptions and Variables
      • 2.2.3 Corporate Actors as Agents in Foreign Policy
      • 2.2.4 Nature and Dynamics of Foreign Policy Making Process
      • 2.2.5 Role of Leaders as Agents in Foreign Policy
      • 2.2.6 Systemic Forces – Domestic Factors Influencing Turkish Foreign Policy
    • 2.3 Conclusion
  • 3 Transitions in Turkish Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy: JDP in Turkish Political Life
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Transitional Shifts in Turkish Domestic Politics: Emergence of JDP as a Political Agent in the Structure
      • 3.2.1 JDP’s Ideological-Identity Roots: National View Movement
        • 3.2.1.1 JDP’s Political Identity: The Idealised Self
      • 3.2.2 JDP’s Ideology-Identity and Foreign Policy
    • 3.3 Clash of Identities in Turkish Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy
      • 3.3.1 Impact of Ethnic and Nationalist Separatism on Turkish Politics
      • 3.3.2 A Backlash to the Kemalist Establishment and Its State Identity
    • 3.4 Foreign Policy as an Instrument of a “New” State Identity Construction
    • 3.5 Role of Leaders in JDP’s “New” Turkish Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy
      • 3.5.1 Davutoğlu’s Re-constructionist Foreign Policy Vision
      • 3.5.2 Foreign Policy, JDP and Davutoğlu as an “Organic Islamic Intellectual”
      • 3.5.3 JDP’s Civilisational Project as an Instrument of Legitimation and the Role of Leaders
        • 3.5.3.1 Ideational Aspirations in JDP’s “New” Foreign Policy
    • 3.6 Foreign Policy as an Area of Legitimacy and Domination: The March 1st Motion Exemplar
      • 3.6.1 In Search of a Global Reach: A Constructivist Instrument in Turkish Foreign Policy: TCCA (TİKA)
      • 3.6.2 Criticisms Directed at TCCA
    • 3.7 Conclusion
  • 4 Transitional Shifts in Turkey’s National and State Identity: From Kemalist Hyper-Modernism to Religious Conservatism
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 The “Traditional” Turkish Foreign Policy versus the “New”: “Transformational Shifts” in Identity-Ideology: From Ottomanism to Kemalism
      • 4.2.1 The Self and the (In)significant Other Within (Itself)
      • 4.2.2 The Republican Protector: The Role of the Kadroists in Construction of a “New” National and State Identity
        • 4.2.2.1 From the “Other” to the “Significant Other” and the Alternative Avenues of Identity
        • 4.2.2.2 JDP’s Ideals and a “New” Identity Construction
    • 4.3 Conclusion
  • 5 Reconstructionist Aspects of JDP’s “New” Foreign Policy: An Alternative National and State Identity: “Transformational Shift”
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 A Policy of Re-engagement and Multi-Dimensionality: An Alternative Civilisational Reading
      • 5.2.1 JDP’s Re-constructionist Approach to Conception of Civilisation
      • 5.2.2 In Search of a Re-discovery of the “Muslim Atlantis”: The Andalusian Experience: A Kantian “Culture of Anarchy”
    • 5.3 Temporal Shift from Real-politik to Ideology and Identity in JDP’s “New” Foreign Policy
      • 5.3.1 “Transformational Shifts” in JDP’s “New” Foreign Policy Formulation
        • 5.3.1.1 Social Interaction-Internalisation and the “New” Turkish Foreign Policy
        • 5.3.1.2 JDP’s “New” Foreign Policy Formulation in the Process of Identity Construction
    • 5.4 JDP, Discourse and Legitimation
      • 5.4.1 JDP’s Populist Discourse and Reflections on Its “New” Foreign Policy
        • 5.4.1.1 Ideational Shifts in Domestic Arena and Reflections on the “New” Turkish Foreign Policy
    • 5.5 Conclusion
  • 6 The Causal and Constitutive Effects of JDP’s “New” Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy Praxis
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Contending Ideologies-Typologies
      • 6.2.1 The Republican “Homo-Lastus” Versus the Ummahist One
    • 6.3 The Ahmet Davutoğlu Effect: JDP’s Ideational Efforts for Legitimation and Vindication from the Significant Others and the Other Within
    • 6.4 Feeding from Historical Legacy and a “New” Identity Construction
    • 6.5 Identities in Transition: Ottoman, Republican and JDP Periods
      • 6.5.1 Complexities and Contradictions in JDP’s Ideational Foreign Policy Orientation
    • 6.6 Conclusion
  • 7 Impact of the International and Regional Developments on JDP’s “New” Foreign Policy
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 Post-9/11 Milieu and JDP’s Temporising “New” Foreign Policy
      • 7.2.1 International and Regional Trends, Challenges and Shifts
      • 7.2.2 JDP’s “New” Foreign Policy as an Instrument of Identity Politics for Regional Domination
      • 7.2.3 From Strategic Partner to Model Partnership with JDP’s “New” Turkey:A “Model Country”
    • 7.3 Impact of the Systemic Forces on the “New” Turkish Foreign Policy:The “Arab Spring” and Beyond
      • 7.3.1 The “Arab Spring” and Its Regional Implications; the Ideational Involvement with the “Other from Within”
    • 7.4 Effects of the “Transformational Shift” in Domestic Politics on JDP’s Ideational Foreign Policy
      • 7.4.1 JDP’s Foreign Policy Orientation Towards the Arab World: Role of the Leaders
      • 7.4.2 JDP’s Hegemonic Aspirations in the Region
      • 7.4.3 JDP’s Foreign Policy Towards the Syrian Crisis and the Greater Middle East
        • 7.4.3.1 JDP and the Syrian Crisis: Discourse and Practice
    • 7.5 Conclusion
  • Conclusion
    • Final Remarks and Projections
  • Bibliography
    • Book Chapters
    • Books
    • Articles
    • Online articles
    • Editorials
    • Newspapers
    • Internet Sources
    • Speeches-quotes-meetings
    • JDP Election Manifestos (AK Parti Seçim Beyannameleri)
    • JDP Government Programmes (AK Parti Hükumet Programları)
    • JDP Vision Documents
    • Symposia and Conference papers
    • Online broadcasts-TV Programmes
    • International and National NGOs
    • Official statements-reports
    • Encyclopedias-Magazines
    • Think-tanks
    • Policy papers-reports
    • Biographies
    • Theses
Pages:
328
Year:
2020
ISBN (PAPERBACK):
9783631804551 (Active)
ISBN (EPUB):
9783631804568 (Active)
ISBN (PDF):
9783631790342 (Active)
DOI:
10.3726/b16244
Language:
English
Keywords:
Transformation, New Turkey, Identity Matrix, Islamist State, Erdoğanism, Kemalism
Published:
Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2020. 328 pp.

Orhun Cem Karsavuran is a lecturer in International Relations and Political Science at the Hasan Kalyoncu University (Turkey). He holds a degree from the University of London, MA from the University of Kent and PHD from the Yeditepe University (İstanbul). His interests include Int Rel theory, foreign policy, populism, turkish politics, political theory and modernisation-democratisation process.

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