Rising Ottoman Nostalgia in Turkish Popular Culture
This article contributes to the study of the relationship between popular culture and politics by analysing the reversal of Turkey’s Europeanization process after 2010. It explores how domestic dynamics can change social perceptions into foreign policy positions. Therefore, this article examines do...
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This article contributes to the study of the relationship between popular culture and politics by analysing the reversal of Turkey’s Europeanization process after 2010. It explores how domestic dynamics can change social perceptions into foreign policy positions. Therefore, this article examines domestic dimensions and the current Turkish government’s identity reconstruction process by considering popular culture as an important dynamic in the relations between the EU and Turkey. The current reconstruction process from a European to a neo-Ottoman identity of Turkey is analysed via Gramsci’s cultural hegemony concept to understand the changes in Turkish politicians’ discourses and popular culture products more efficiently. Two famous Ottoman-themed soap operas are compared in terms of their content and government’s attitudes towards them. Moreover, discourse analysis and critical visual analysis are used to examine the representations of Turkish and European identities in the soap operas.
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| spelling | doaj.art-df6f0d0cb972470682e35c1093b8b6b12023-10-13T18:22:35ZengInternational Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)Politikon2414-66332020-09-014610.22151/politikon.46.1Rising Ottoman Nostalgia in Turkish Popular CultureCeren Çetinkaya0Central European University This article contributes to the study of the relationship between popular culture and politics by analysing the reversal of Turkey’s Europeanization process after 2010. It explores how domestic dynamics can change social perceptions into foreign policy positions. Therefore, this article examines domestic dimensions and the current Turkish government’s identity reconstruction process by considering popular culture as an important dynamic in the relations between the EU and Turkey. The current reconstruction process from a European to a neo-Ottoman identity of Turkey is analysed via Gramsci’s cultural hegemony concept to understand the changes in Turkish politicians’ discourses and popular culture products more efficiently. Two famous Ottoman-themed soap operas are compared in terms of their content and government’s attitudes towards them. Moreover, discourse analysis and critical visual analysis are used to examine the representations of Turkish and European identities in the soap operas. https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/318Cultural HegemonyEuropeanizationIdentityNostalgiaOttomanPopular Culture |
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| title | Rising Ottoman Nostalgia in Turkish Popular Culture |
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| title_short | Rising Ottoman Nostalgia in Turkish Popular Culture |
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| topic | Cultural Hegemony Europeanization Identity Nostalgia Ottoman Popular Culture |
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