A Feminist Analysis of Security in Turkey

Neoliberal Patriarchy, Authoritarianism, and Package Politics

Bibliographic Data

ID12433704
AuthorsSimten Coşar (0000-0002-2815-0073, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author), Gülay Özcan (0000-0001-9464-1420, University of Lethbridge), Gulden Ozcan
Year2021
Volume27
Issue1
Pages35-57
Publication date2021-03-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of World-Systems Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1076-156X • E-ISSN: 1076-156X
PublisherUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5195/jwsr.2021.1034
OpenAlexW3136602559
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited28

This article analyzes the securitization of the political space under the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party, AKP) governments in Turkey with a critical feminist lens. We argue that a feminist reading unpacks the connection between AKP’s discursive strategies in the spheres of social and national security. We focus on the AKP’s proposals that address social policy and defense policy spheres—namely, the “Women’s Employment Package;” “Family Package;” and “Internal Security Package.” In our analysis, we start from the argument that the AKP’s terms in office represent the last phase of neoliberal transformation in the country. Packages in this phase also speak to the patchwork style of neoliberal policy making. They function as means for checking, and then, manipulating public opinion. Analysis of the packages provides insight into the AKP’s increasing resort to violence vis-á-vis opposition as well as the deepening of the economic crisis in the country in the last two decades

Argument (complex analysis · Economics · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Securitization · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Turkey's Politics and Society

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