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The Transformation of Internal Security and of the State in Turkey during the AKP Rule: A Class-Based Analysis

Autor*innen: Pinar Bedírhanoğlu, Çağlar Dölek, Funda Hülagü
https://doi.org/10.20446/JEP-2414-3197-32-1-21
Pages 21-41

Abstract

The restructuring of security relations is a neglected question in critical studies on neoliberal state transformation in Turkey. This became apparent in the 2010s, when insecurity and violence have turned into everyday practices, with paramilitarised police violence used against all sorts of social opposition. These ‘security’ practices, which are indeed the outcome of an internationally arranged ‘reform process’ in operation since the 1990s, contradict the fundamental duty of the modern state to ensure the physical security of its citizens. This paper problematises the class-based implications of this debatable security ‘reform process’ under the AKP rule. It identifies the conservative and pro-capital strategies the AKP has adopted to transform the institutional structure and ideological practices of the police in Turkey.

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