Regime Change in Turkey: Neoliberal Authoritarianism, Islamism and Hegemony

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Cover Endorsement Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Table of contents Figures Tables Contributors Introduction: Debating regime transformation in Turkey: Myths, critiques and challenges A critical political economy of regime change The cultural political economy of regime change Moments of resistance against regime change Notes References Part I Political economy of regime change Chapter 1 Crisis in or of neoliberalism?: A brief encounter with the debate on the authoritarian turn Crisis of what? Postscript: living through the pandemic instigated crisis of capitalism Looking beyond the old? Notes References Chapter 2 A labour-oriented perspective on regime discussions in Turkey Mainstream approaches to authoritarianism An appraisal and critique of authoritarian neoliberalism Trajectory of the regime change in Turkey Underside of the iceberg in Turkey Authoritarian labour politics in Turkey Labour regime under presidential system Concluding remarks Notes References Chapter 3 Making the new-neoliberal state in Turkey: Beyond the prevailing master narrative The prevailing master narrative’s assessment of the new-neoliberalism The limitations of neoliberalism and the making of the new-neoliberal state Conclusion: The new-neoliberalism Notes References Chapter 4 Global class constitution of the AKP’s “authoritarian turn” by neoliberal financialization The “global” limits of methodological liberalism Financialized rule of money under neoliberalism and its implications for state transformation Concluding remarks Notes References Chapter 5 Transformation of news media: The case of Turkey for the neoliberal era The primitive character of capital accumulation and the neoliberal transformation of news media Accumulation by dispossession and difference of the neoliberal era The transformation of Turkey’s news media in the neoliberal era Privatization Financialization State redistribution and the management and manipulation of crisis Conclusion Acknowledgement Notes References Chapter 6 Internationalized class governance and the AKP’s populism: On Turkey’s integration with the European Union The Copenhagen Criteria – extending Maastricht to the East Putting Copenhagen into a Turkish perspective The emergence of disciplinary neoliberalism Continuing EU reforms under an authoritarian populist aegis Crisis of authoritarian populism Accelerating crisis – growing contradictions with the EU Conclusion: EU-integration, internationalized class governance and the AKP’s populism – contradicting elements? Notes References Part II Cultural political economy of regime change Chapter 7 Hegemony and privileges: Reproduction of Islamism in Turkey Hegemony projects and intellectual leadership Development of the Islamist project in a competitive field Intellectuals of the Islamist hegemony project Religious infrastructure Structure of privileges Conclusion Notes References Chapter 8 Regime change in Turkey: Old symbols into new settings The AKP’s gender regime Regime change in Turkey Reading feminist: the new mode of patriarchy Conclusion Notes References Chapter 9 Recent right-wing lurches: What do they have in common for India and Turkey? Conceptual contours and entry points The foundation and developmentalist ideas The neoliberal model and its winners Rise of Anatolian bourgeoisie and the AKP Market reforms in 1990s and Indian nationalism Construction of majoritarian politics and patronage relations Concluding reflections Notes Bibliography Part III Moments of resistance against regime change Chapter 10 Laicism and the struggle of Alevis against the rise of political Islam Outline of the political situation Theoretical definitions and historical background The current situation of laicism and political Islam The response of Alevis Arab Alevi youth responses Arab Alevis in general Arab Alevi youth councils Conclusion Notes References Chapter 11 The politics of legality of the authoritarian liberal regime in Turkey Overview of the “Metal Storm” Legal strategies of the authoritarian liberal regime for the disciplining of the labour Manipulation of the legal landscape and the clear erosion of the right to strike in the labour legislation Criminal law procedures for the coercion and legal intimidation of workers Struggles and resistance: challenging authoritarian neoliberalism through law High courts and the legal struggles over the conceptual mapping of the legitimacy of the authoritarian neoliberal regime Judicial activism in the lower courts and building the legitimacy on the “right to collective action” Conclusion Notes References Chapter 12 Constructing a language of peace through women’s struggles: The case of women for peace initiative in Turkey The resolution process: a brief history from the angle of women’s peace struggle Where the women from two sides of the river meet Constructing a language of peace: impossible or indispensable? Conclusion Notes References Index