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The Politics Of Exceptionalism In Turkey: Sovereign Ban And State (In)Security In The War On Terror, Murat Yesiltas
The Politics Of Exceptionalism In Turkey: Sovereign Ban And State (In)Security In The War On Terror, Murat Yesiltas
Murat Yesiltas
In this paper, I will analysis the link between political ontology of exceptionalism and state in/security in the war on terror from a perspective which is based on Giorgio Agamben’s political-philosophical theory of “state of exception” and Foucauldian concept of governmentality”. This paper introduces an analytical and methodological term of “governmentality of exception” [Agamben, 1998; Foucault, 1991] in order to understand/interpret unpack the concept of state in/security and to analyse its rational, conceptual and institutional components. This paper asks a central question: what is the nature of the relationship between state in/security and the politics of exceptionalism in contemporary Turkey’s …
The Return Of The Liberal Sensibility In Europe, Murat Yesiltas, Tuncay Kardas, Yıldırım Turan
The Return Of The Liberal Sensibility In Europe, Murat Yesiltas, Tuncay Kardas, Yıldırım Turan
Murat Yesiltas
No abstract provided.
İran 2008, Murat Yesiltas
Soft Balancing In Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case Of 2003 Iraq War, Murat Yesiltas
Soft Balancing In Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case Of 2003 Iraq War, Murat Yesiltas
Murat Yesiltas
This paper argues that soft balancing theory provides the best framework to understand Turkey’s foreign policy towards the US in terms of its unilateral policy on the issue of Iraq in the post 9/11 era. To put the matter bluntly, Turkish foreign policy regarding the Iraqi crisis can be examined through the lens of soft balancing - in order to prevent the war and minimize its negative effect on the region as well as its own interests. I argue that Turkey’s soft balancing policy is a strategic effort in overall structural terms to increase influence vis-a-vis the US via non-military …
Ortadoğu Yıllığı 2007 (Middle East Annual 2007), Murat Yesiltas, Kemal İnat, Muhittin Ataman
Ortadoğu Yıllığı 2007 (Middle East Annual 2007), Murat Yesiltas, Kemal İnat, Muhittin Ataman
Murat Yesiltas
No abstract provided.