Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey
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Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey

Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey

Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State

About this book

What does it mean for a government to declare its citizens 'dead' while they still live? Following the failed 2016 coup, the Turkish AKP government implemented sweeping powers against some 152,000 of its citizens. These Kanun hükmünde kararnameli ('emergency decreed') were dismissed from their positions and banned for life from public service. With their citizenship rights revoked, Seçkin Sertdemir argues these individuals were rendered into a state of 'civic death'. This study considers how these authoritarian securitisation methods took shape, shedding light on the lived experiences of targeted people. Bringing together approaches from political philosophy, social anthropology, and sociology, Sertdemir outlines the approaches and justifications used by the Turkish government to dismiss opponents, increase surveillance, and brand citizens as 'terrorists'. At the same time, extensive archival research and in-depth interviews bring focus to the impact of these measures on the lives of women, and the disabled and LGBTQ+ communities.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series information
  4. Reviews
  5. Title page
  6. Imprints page
  7. Dedication
  8. Table of Contents
  9. List of Figures
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. List of Laws
  12. List of Abbreviations
  13. Introduction: The Emergence of the Authoritarian Securitisation State in Turkey
  14. 1 Protection: State Security and the Widening Orbit of Securitisation
  15. 2 Punishment: Civic Death, Cruel Retribution, and the Securitisation of Academic Purges
  16. 3 Control: Centralised Digital Politics, Lateral Surveillance, and the Shared Governance of Contingencies
  17. 4 Regulation: Informal Rule of Law, Radical Uncertainty, and Atmosfearic (Self-)Regulation
  18. 5 Biosecuritisation: The Doubled Civic Death of Purged Women, LGBTQ+, and Disabled People
  19. Conclusion: Turkey’s Authoritarian Securitisation State and the Global Rise of Authoritarianism
  20. Notes
  21. References
  22. Index

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