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Populism, violence and authoritarian stability: necropolitics in Turkey

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  • Ihsan Yilmaz
  • Omer F. Erturk

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The literature on populism overwhelmingly deals with the factors behind the rise of populism: the supply factors, and the economic and political crises. However, there is a lack of engagement in the literature on the construction of populist narratives and especially on the relations between populist narratives and violence. This paper addresses these gaps. Based on an empirically rich case study of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader President Recep T. Erdoğan, it shows that the populist narrative of the party and its leader is necropolitical as it is based on narratives of martyrdom, blood and death. The paper also shows that to maintain authoritarian stability, the incumbents instrumentalise these populist necropolitical narratives for repression, legitimation and co-optation. We analyse this complex case by combining the literatures on populism, necropolitics, politics of martyrdom and authoritarianism, and contribute to all of them.

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  • Ihsan Yilmaz & Omer F. Erturk, 2021. "Populism, violence and authoritarian stability: necropolitics in Turkey," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(7), pages 1524-1543, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:42:y:2021:i:7:p:1524-1543
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2021.1896965
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    1. Sergei Guriev & Daniel Treisman, 2019. "Informational Autocrats," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 33(4), pages 100-127, Fall.

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