The genesis of the ‘Exceptional’ Republic
- Almost half of the political life has been experienced under the
state of emergency and state of siege policies in the Turkish
Republic. In spite of such a striking number and continuity in the
deployment of legal emergency powers, there are just a few legal
and political studies examining the reasons for such permanency
in governing practices. To fill this gap, this paper aims to discuss
one of the most important sources of the ‘permanent’ political
crisis in the country: the historical evolution of legal emergency
power. In order to highlight how these policies have intensified
the highly fragile citizenship regime by weakening the separation
of power, repressing the use of political rights and increasing the
discretionary power of both the executive and judiciary authori-
ties, the paper sheds light on the emergence and production of
a specific form of legality based on the idea of emergency and the
principle of executive prerogative. In that context, it aims to
provide a genealogical explanation of the evolution ofAlmost half of the political life has been experienced under the
state of emergency and state of siege policies in the Turkish
Republic. In spite of such a striking number and continuity in the
deployment of legal emergency powers, there are just a few legal
and political studies examining the reasons for such permanency
in governing practices. To fill this gap, this paper aims to discuss
one of the most important sources of the ‘permanent’ political
crisis in the country: the historical evolution of legal emergency
power. In order to highlight how these policies have intensified
the highly fragile citizenship regime by weakening the separation
of power, repressing the use of political rights and increasing the
discretionary power of both the executive and judiciary authori-
ties, the paper sheds light on the emergence and production of
a specific form of legality based on the idea of emergency and the
principle of executive prerogative. In that context, it aims to
provide a genealogical explanation of the evolution of the excep-
tional form of the nation-state, which is based on the way political
society, representation, and legitimacy have been instituted and
accompanying failure of the ruling classes in building hegemony
in the country.…
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| Author details: | Zafer YilmazORCiDGND |
|---|---|
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-434164 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-43416 |
| ISSN: | 1867-5808 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe |
| Subtitle (English): | the permanency of the political crisis and the constitution of legal emergency power in Turkey |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe (113) |
| Publication type: | Postprint |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2019/10/25 |
| Publication year: | 2019 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2019/10/25 |
| Tag: | citizenship; law; security; turkish |
| Issue: | 113 |
| Number of pages: | 22 |
| Source: | British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2019) DOI: 10.1080/13530194.2019.1634393 |
| Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
| DDC classification: | 8 Literatur / 89 Andere Literaturen / 890 Literaturen anderer Sprachen |
| 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 91 Geografie, Reisen / 910 Geografie, Reisen | |
| 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 94 Geschichte Europas / 940 Geschichte Europas | |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
| Grantor: | Taylor & Francis Open Access Agreement |
| License (German): |  CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
