A Bridge with Multiple Faces
Competing Identities in Turkish Parliamentary Debates (1988-2016)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22220952 |
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| Authors | Erdoğan AYKAÇ (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 279-301 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | DIYÂR (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2625-9842 • E-ISSN: 2942-3155 |
| Publisher | Nomos Verlag (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5771/2625-9842-2021-2-279 |
| OpenAlex | W3212664595 |
| Language | EN |
This article examines how Turkish parliamentarians continuously (re)shape Turkey’s identity and geopolitical role by using the metaphor of a bridge in parliamentary debates from 1988 to 2016. First, the article argues that parliamentarians use this metaphor in identity-formation processes to mediate between competing identities, thereby constituting Turkey’s liminal identity. Second, it illustrates how the bridge metaphor remained a dominant discourse even though parliamentarians constantly challenged and refilled the meaning of it. This constantly (re)shapes Turkey’s geopolitical role to function as a bridge between the West and East
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Geopolitics · Liminality · Linguistics · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Turkish · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Highly cited | No |
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