Turkish nationalism after the 15 July coup attempt: the making of a new political myth

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dc.authoridAydemir, Suna G./0000-0003-3644-4386
dc.authoridDecker, Philipp/0000-0002-5794-143X
dc.contributor.authorAydemir, Suna G.
dc.contributor.authorDecker, Philipp
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-20T08:42:16Z
dc.date.available2025-02-20T08:42:16Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentTürk-Alman Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) responded to the violent coup attempt of 15 July 2016 with calls for a second 'national war of liberation' and declared a state of emergency that was upheld for 2 years. Drawing on the methodology of the Essex School, Barthes semiology and recent applications of securitization theory, this study investigates the construction of the myth of '15 July'. Through an analysis of educational media, we show how the official narration of '15 July' moved religious signifiers into the center of a distinctively religious-populist version of Turkish nationalism. The findings demonstrate that the political myth of '15 July' is essentially based on a cyclical conception of history and two sub-myths that reflect heroization and demonization: First, the myth of the heroic citizens, who sacrifice their lives for defending freedom of nation and homeland. Second, the myth of the always returning enemy that seeks to enslave and occupy the homeland by using collaborators. Woven together, these narratives produce '15 July' as a cohesive political myth.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13569317.2024.2356539
dc.identifier.issn1356-9317
dc.identifier.issn1469-9613
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85193506572
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2024.2356539
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12846/1620
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001228250300001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Political Ideologies
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250220
dc.subjectMythologyen_US
dc.subjectWesternen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleTurkish nationalism after the 15 July coup attempt: the making of a new political myth
dc.typeArticle

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