2023 | Book
Securitization and Authoritarianism
The AKP’s Oppression of Dissident Groups in Turkey
Authors: Ihsan Yilmaz, Erdoan Shipoli, Mustafa Demir
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
2023 | Book
Authors: Ihsan Yilmaz, Erdoan Shipoli, Mustafa Demir
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
This book focuses on securitization and authoritarianism in Turkey with research on the country’s Islamist populist ruling party’s (AKP) oppression of different socio-political, ethnic and religious groups. In doing so, it analyzes how the AKP has securitized to oppress different socio-political groups and identities, according to the time and need for the party's political survival. Research in the book sheds light on the use of traumas, conspiracy theories, and fear as tools in the securitization and repression processes.