Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey - Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State

"This study analyses the aftermath of the 2016 Turkish coup attempt, wherein the AKP government introduced new methods of authoritarian securitisation which saw 152,000 people dismissed from their positions and banned from public service. Seðckin Sertdemir considers the processes by which these citizens were rendered 'dead' in civic terms."--

List of contents

Introduction: the emergence of the authoritarian securitisation State in Turkey; 1. Protection: State security and the widening Orbit of securitisation; 2. Punishment: civic death, cruel retribution, and the securitisation of academic purges; 3. Control: centralised digital politics, lateral surveillance, and shared governance of contingencies and extra-legal over-reach into domestic life; 4. Regulation: informal rule of law, radical uncertainty, and Atmosfearic (self-)regulation; 5. Biosecuritisation: the doubled civic death of purged women, LGBTQ+, and disabled people; Conclusion: Turkey's authoritarian securitisation State and the Global rise of authoritarianism; Reference list; Index.

About the author

Seçkin Sertdemir is a Collegium Researcher in the Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science at the University of Turku. She is also a Visiting Fellow in the European Institute at the London School of Economics. Her research focuses on ideas of democracy, and current problems of political philosophy such as civil disobedience and political rights.

Summary

This study analyses the aftermath of the 2016 Turkish coup attempt, wherein the AKP government introduced new methods of authoritarian securitisation which saw 152,000 people dismissed from their positions and banned from public service. Seçkin Sertdemir considers the processes by which these citizens were rendered 'dead' in civic terms.

Product details

• Authors: Seçkin Sertdemir, Seckin (University of Turku Sertdemir
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009524612
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0952461-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: The Global Middle East
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Human rights & civil liberties law, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, LAW / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Turkey, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Middle Eastern history, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution