In:History, Discourse, and Policy in Modern Turkey
Alper Çakmak
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 95] 2021
► pp. v–viii
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Published online: 26 October 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.95.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.95.toc
Table of contents
List of tables
vii
List of figures
ix
Preface
xi
Abbreviations
xiii
Chapter 1.Introduction
1
1.1Guiding objectives and questions
1
1.2Outline of the book
5
1.3Historical legacies in Turkish politics
9
Chapter 2.Theoretical background
15
2.1Theoretical background for the analysis of the political discourse
15
2.1.1Othering to institute the self
19
2.1.2The function of the political discourse
20
2.1.3Tools of discourse analysis
22
2.2The nature of the data source
28
2.2.1The scope
30
2.2.2Design of the study
31
Chapter 3.(De?) constructing and rewriting the history: Figures and events
35
3.1Pro-Tutelage vs Neo-Ottoman Readings on the History of the Turkish Republic
41
3.2Introduction of the commemoration of Kut-Al-Amara, re-imagining the Sick Man of Europe
43
3.3The discourse of history during Gezi Park protests
55
3.4An Ottoman officer and the founding father: Ghazi Mustafa Kemal vs Atatürk
57
3.5Discourse on coups and coup attempts
62
3.6Borders of heart: Discrediting Lausanne Treaty & negotiators
71
3.7Discourse going beyond the alleged history: Myth-writing
81
Chapter 4.Structuring the self construct: Self imagined Ottoman
93
4.1The components of instituting identity
93
4.2We are grandsons of Ottomans: Self-appointed identity as a means of grounding legitimacy
101
4.3Constituents of bethinking Ottoman: Islamic creed and ancient (Kadim) Anatolian culture
108
4.4The celebration of the conquest of Istanbul revisited
111
4.5Marking the gap between self / other nexus: Outlining the self
114
4.6Contemporary Turkey: Contemporaneity retrieved from the legacy of history
129
Chapter 5.Discourse and policy: Between utopia and reality
147
5.1The hypothesis for the modus operandi of the relationship between discourse and policy
153
5.1.1Discourse and policy on the presidential system of government
159
5.1.2Discourse and policy: “Mon chers”
160
5.2Discourse and policy: Moralism without outer limits
163
5.2.1Discourse on Syrian refugees and Syrian refugees policy
165
5.2.2Discourse on the victory of Malazgirt: Reflection of the ideational world (discourse) and policy
166
5.2.3Discourse on the execution of Motiur Rehman Nizami and policy
167
5.2.4Ottoman language course: Discourse and policy
169
5.3Discourse and policy: Moralism with outer limits
171
5.3.1Discourse on the Lausanne Treaty: Reflection of the ideational world (discourse) and official statement (policy)
171
5.3.2Discourse on the Uyghur Turks in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Reflection of the ideational world (discourse) and official statement (policy)
173
5.3.3Discourse on the military presence in the region: Concurring discourse and policy
174
5.3.4Discourse and policy: Turkey – Israel relations
177
5.3.5Discourse and policy: The Ottoman military barracks, Taksim Mosque and Atatürk Cultural Center in Taksim
180
5.3.6Discourse and policy: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) question and relations with Israel
181
Conclusion
187
6.1Theoretical grounding
187
6.2Results revisited: Hypotheses
189
6.3Concluding remarks
191
References
197
Index
211
