Sacralisation: defying the politicisation of security in Turkey

Simple item page
buir.contributor.authorBilgin, Pınar
dc.citation.epage114en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.spage94en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber5en_US
dc.contributor.authorBilgin, Pınaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-12T12:52:37Z
dc.date.available2019-03-12T12:52:37Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of International Relationsen_US
dc.description.abstractIn early 2016, a small town called Kilis on Turkey’s southeast border became the target of unguided short-range rockets originating from an ISIS-controlled zone in Syria. Continuing over a five-month period, the attacks claimed 20+ lives, rendered hundreds of people homeless, and traumatised many more. Yet, the public in the rest of Turkey remained mostly unaware of the havoc caused by these attacks. This is not to say that appropriate steps to address the rocket attacks were not taken. Yet uttering ‘security’ was conspicuously absent from Ankara’s response repertoire. The puzzle being: how was it possible for Ankara to limit politics in the face of local civil societal actors’ and opposition MPs’ attempts to politicise security? Through sacralisation, I suggest. What follows shows that in the first half of 2016, invoking ‘sacred’ cultural codes in framing the events helped Ankara to limit politics around security.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3224/eris.v5i3.05en_US
dc.identifier.issn2196-6923
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/50659
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherVerlag Barbara Budrichen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.3224/eris.v5i3.05en_US
dc.source.titleEuropean Review of International Studiesen_US
dc.subjectSecuritisationen_US
dc.subjectPoliticisationen_US
dc.subjectSacreden_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.subjectSecurityen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleSacralisation: defying the politicisation of security in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Sacralisation- defying- the- Politicisation- of.pdf
Size:
1.65 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Full printable version
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Department of International Relations