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The 15 July abortive coup and post-truth politics in Turkey
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Abstract
Contemporary developments throughout the world have been marked by post-truth politics. Epitomized by a disregard for truth coupled with a reliance on emotive arguments, the term 'post-truth politics' has not yet been adequately reflected upon by political or social theory. This article uses Turkey'... view more
Contemporary developments throughout the world have been marked by post-truth politics. Epitomized by a disregard for truth coupled with a reliance on emotive arguments, the term 'post-truth politics' has not yet been adequately reflected upon by political or social theory. This article uses Turkey's 15 July (2016) abortive coup as an entry point to address this gap and argues that the post-truth has altered both the grammar and vocabulary of politics. The term denotes the contemporary shift from a 'regime of truth' to a 'regime of common sense', which also operates as the discursive ground of new populisms. While treating three contending narratives of 15 July - 'kamikaze coup', 'staged coup' and 'controlled coup' - this article focuses on the post-truth elements in the government's narrative performance that obstructed the pursuit of truth and set the conditions for a particular interpretation of the events of 15 July.... view less
Keywords
Turkey; populism; truth; media; press; political development; national development; coup d'etat; military; authoritarian system; public communications; mass media; political culture
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Post-Wahrheitspolitik; 15. Juli; gescheiterter Staatsstreich; Coup; Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip; Gülen, Fethullah
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 1-19
Journal
Southeast European and Black Sea studies, 18 (2018) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2018.1452374
ISSN
1743-9639
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed