Discursive reconstruction of civilisational-self: Turkish national identity and the European Union (2002–2017)

Tetik, Mustafa Onur

doi:10.1080/23745118.2020.1779004

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“…DHA’s hermeneutic process of reading and its non-causal discursive epistemology is complementary to epistemological conceivability. Instead of applying discourse analysis on longer but fewer excerpts from speeches within a shorter time span, the article covers a relatively longer period through brief but numerous references from momentous and representative/typical articulations displaying continuity and change the utterances of AKP elites over time, in relation to Turkish foreign policy toward Egypt (Tetik, 2020, p. 5). This article analyses the governmental discourses of the AKP elites within path-dependent historical context of Turkey-Egypt relations through the prism of DHA.…”

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The Pendulum of Majoritarianism: Turkey’s Governmental Self-Identity and Turkish–Egyptian Relations

Tetik

2021

Contemporary Review of the Middle East

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Turkey’s relations with Egypt abruptly hit rock bottom following the Egyptian army’s ousting of Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. Despite significant political fluctuations between the two countries, there is a gap in academic literature about addressing alterations in Turkish–Egyptian relations holistically. To this end, this article proposes that Turkey’s volatile relationship with the Egyptian governments since the so-called Arab Spring is partially a reflection of broader institutional changes in Turkey’s domestic settings. One of these salient changes is the discursive transformation of Turkish national self-perception. This article shows how Turkey’s new governmental self-understanding of “majoritarianism” manifests in its relations with Egypt. It asserts that this transformation in the governmental perception of the national-self made Turkey’s policies on Egypt, which oscillate between one extreme to another, “conceivable/thinkable” via the medium of national identity discourses. It shows the interplay between the governmental identity discourses of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) elites and Turkey’s policies on Egypt in the institutional/non-discursive foreign policy field.

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The Pendulum of Majoritarianism: Turkey’s Governmental Self-Identity and Turkish–Egyptian Relations

Tetik

2021

Contemporary Review of the Middle East

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Tarafsız: Turkey’s Impartial Stance Vis-a-Vis Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Ambrosetti

2023

Polarization, Shifting Borders and Liquid Governance

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Turkish officials stress that their neutral and impartial, tarafsız, position enables Ankara to mediate in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The country has been one of the key external political and diplomatic players in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine since February 2022. Ankara has acted as a mediator since the early days of the invasion and tried—so far, successfully—to balance being pro-Ukrainian without being openly anti-Russian. This chapter maintains that Turkey’s attitude confirms the academic literature’s descriptions of Turkey’s foreign policy as growing more independent and seeking to balance its external relations. In particular, the Turkish government’s motives revolve around three main foreign policy objectives: boosting status (through mediation activities), carrying out a balancing strategy in its external relations, and pursuing economic interests through trade engagement with Moscow. Meanwhile, diffuse anti-Western sentiments and a severe economic crisis seemingly have led the Turkish society towards more inward-looking positions and a certain lack of empathy towards Ukrainians. All in all, questions remain on the sustainability of Turkey’s neutral approach, especially in the case of a further military—and, possibly, nuclear—escalation.

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Discursive reconstruction of civilisational-self: Turkish national identity and the European Union (2002–2017)

Cited by 2 publications

References 30 publications

The Pendulum of Majoritarianism: Turkey’s Governmental Self-Identity and Turkish–Egyptian Relations

The Pendulum of Majoritarianism: Turkey’s Governmental Self-Identity and Turkish–Egyptian Relations

Tarafsız: Turkey’s Impartial Stance Vis-a-Vis Russia’s War Against Ukraine

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