The 15 July abortive coup and post-truth politics in Turkey

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Contemporary developments throughout the world have been marked by post-truth politics. Epitomized by a disregard for truth coupled with a reliance on emotive arguments, the term 'post-truth politics' has not yet been adequately reflected upon by political or social theory. This article uses Turkey's 15 July (2016) abortive coup as an entry point to address this gap and argues that the post-truth has altered both the grammar and vocabulary of politics. The term denotes the contemporary shift from a 'regime of truth' to a 'regime of common sense', which also operates as the discursive ground of new populisms. While treating three contending narratives of 15 July - 'kamikaze coup', 'staged coup' and 'controlled coup' - this article focuses on the post-truth elements in the government's narrative performance that obstructed the pursuit of truth and set the conditions for a particular interpretation of the events of 15 July.

Object Details

• ISSN: 1743-9639
• Extent: Seite(n): 1-19
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Southeast European and Black Sea studies, 18(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; Türkei ; Populismus ; Wahrheit ; Medien ; Presse ; politische Entwicklung ; nationale Entwicklung ; Staatsstreich ; Militär ; autoritäres System ; öffentliche Kommunikation ; Massenmedien ; politische Kultur

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Taş, Hakkı
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Vereinigtes Königreich
• (when): 2018

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2018.1452374
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-58001-3
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 22.08.2024, 12:26 PM CEST