Research Article

Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power

Number: 43 May 1, 2012
  • Aydın Barış Yıldırım
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Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power

Abstract

Theories of social construction are involved in a range of suppositions about the origin of social phenomenon disseminating in various social contexts. Within different conceptualizations of power and power relations between actors, Barnesian analysis argues that the socially constructed knowledge that is distributed over the society dictates the extent of the power relationship – creating an expectation from the actors involved. The knowledge that is embedded, and accepted by the individuals becomes the reality simply because it is articulated is being real – self-fulfilling its promise. The role of the military in Turkish politics bears the aspect of socially constructed power in relation to the state, especially since the military intervention of 1960 and the subsequent role of the military in Turkish state affairs. It is argued throughout the paper that the reasons of the intervention included that the military establishment was expected to intervene – regardless of their intention – based on the accepted knowledge that the Armed Forces were powerful; a knowledge that was embedded and selffulfilled its own assertion throughout the years.

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English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Aydın Barış Yıldırım This is me

Publication Date

May 1, 2012

Submission Date

January 1, 2012

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Published in Issue

Year 2012 Number: 43

APA
Yıldırım, A. B. (2012). Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, 43, 139-157. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000281
AMA
1.Yıldırım AB. Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2012;(43):139-157. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000281
Chicago
Yıldırım, Aydın Barış. 2012. “Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, nos. 43: 139-57. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000281.
EndNote
Yıldırım AB (May 1, 2012) Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 43 139–157.
IEEE
[1]A. B. Yıldırım, “Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power”, The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 43, pp. 139–157, May 2012, doi: 10.1501/Intrel_0000000281.
ISNAD
Yıldırım, Aydın Barış. “Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 43 (May 1, 2012): 139-157. https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000281.
JAMA
1.Yıldırım AB. Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2012;:139–157.
MLA
Yıldırım, Aydın Barış. “Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power”. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no. 43, May 2012, pp. 139-57, doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000281.
Vancouver
1.Aydın Barış Yıldırım. Social Construction of Power in Turkish Democratic System: Turkish Armed Forces and Its Perceived Power. The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 2012 May 1;(43):139-57. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000281