Populism, Authoritarianism and Necropolitics: Instrumentalization of Martyrdom Narratives in Akp's Turkey

by Ihsan Yilmaz and Omer Erturk

This book examines how Turkey's ruling party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan produces and employs necropolitical narratives in order to perpetuate its authoritarian rule.

In doing so, the book argues that as the party transitioned from socially conservative Muslim democratic values to authoritarian Islamism, it embraced a necropolitical narrative based on the promotion of martyrdom,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811982910
• ISBN13: 9789811982910
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"