THE SYRIAN CONFLICT AND THE CRISIS OF ISLAMIST NATIONALISM IN TURKEY

SARAÇOĞLU C.

TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY, cilt.16, sa.4, ss.17-26, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.17-26
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Turkey's position vis-a-vis the Syrian conflict has been, from the outset, replete with the AKP's ideological vision pertaining to Turkish society and the Middle East. The AKP conceived the Syrian war as a springboard for the realization and consolidation of its new Islamist conception of nationalism. Thus, its involvement in this war has also directly reflected on domestic political and ideological struggles, and, as a result, the Syrian War has been a testing ground for the AKP's Islamist nationalist project. However, AKP's regional ambitions were ultimately scotched by the complicated dynamics of the Syrian conflict and Islamic nationalism as an ideology has reached its limits. This led the AKP to engage in certain discursive maneuvers to alleviate this ideological crisis.