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The New Turkey and its Nascent Security Regime
Die neue Türkei und ihr entstehendes Sicherheitsregime
[working paper]
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GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Nahost-Studien
Abstract Much attention has been paid to the ongoing Islamisation under AKP rule in Turkey. Yet while President Tayyip Erdoğan nowadays relies more on coercion, the focus on the aforementioned ideological transformation overlooks the key relevance of the new security regime now dominating Turkish politics. E... view more
Much attention has been paid to the ongoing Islamisation under AKP rule in Turkey. Yet while President Tayyip Erdoğan nowadays relies more on coercion, the focus on the aforementioned ideological transformation overlooks the key relevance of the new security regime now dominating Turkish politics. Efforts to establish the New Turkey have culminated in the politicisation of the military and the militarisation of politics.
Erdoğan backtracked on the European Union's proposed path of establishing "objective control of the military" in legal-institutional terms and opted instead for its "subjective control," specifically by fusing together the civilian and military spheres and politicising the latter.
Along with a highly militarist discourse, Erdoğan is diversifying the country's military and paramilitary instruments in both domestic and foreign politics as a strategy of coup-proofing and regime survival.
The nascent security regime is not without its defects. Beside fractures within the ruling coalition that might endanger loyalty to Erdoğan, the effect of paramilitarisation on coup-proofing is open to question.
European Union authorities need to build a more comprehensive approach that covers such a diverse array of armed organisations, and considers the militarisation of domestic and foreign politics together. They should be in political dialogue with the Turkish state for a full-fledged civilianisation of the regime along the Copenhagen criteria.... view less
Keywords
Turkey; security policy; militarization; foreign policy; military; government; party; society; domestic policy; Middle East
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Hamburg
Page/Pages
12 p.
Series
GIGA Focus Nahost, 6
ISSN
1862-3611
Status
Published Version; reviewed