| ID | 187047 |
| Title Proper | Foreign policy as a means of the AKP’s struggle with Kemalism in relation to domestic variables |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ege, Aslı |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article provides analyses as to how foreign policy affects domestic politics, in particular the AKP’s struggle with Kemalism. It examines how Kemalism was delegitimized through the initial democratic, pro-European Union and pro-West discourse of the AKP. It then analyzes Kemalism’s marginalization under the civilizational, neo-Ottoman discourse advanced by Ahmet Davutoğlu. Finally, it explores Kemalism’s alienation through the opposition CHP, which has been impacted by the neo-Ottoman discourse, as currently constructed. It concludes that the AKP’s struggle with Kemalism did not end even when it established control over the state and when the ideological Kemalist nation-state identity was replaced by a new content in the form of an Ottoman-Islamic civilization. The article relies on a method of interpretative analysis of the AKP and Kemalist movements. |
| `In' analytical Note | Turkish Studies Vol. 23, No.4; Sep 2022: p.554-575 |
| Journal Source | Turkish Studies 2022-08 23, 4 |
| Key Words | Islamization ; Democratization ; Turkish Foreign Policy ; Kemalism ; Neo-Ottomanism ; AKP |