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Uncovering Western Efforts for Cultural Hegemony over Turkey’s July 15 Coup Attempt

Yıl 2017, Sayı: 87, 107 - 116, 01.09.2017

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The discourse on the Islamic Reformation has become a hot topic within the agenda of the Western media and intellectual circles in recent years. The concept, however, has been instrumentalised in order to construct an alternative interpretation of Islam which serves Western national interests in Muslim majority lands and seeks to create a ‘radical Islamist – reformist Muslim’ dichotomy. The construction of such an alternative interpretation aims at demonising legitimate governments and individuals with the label of ‘radical Islamist’ and gaining the consent of Muslim masses in favour of so-called reformist Muslims. The main purpose of this paper is to uncover Western efforts for cultural hegemony by directing attention on how Western media and political circles took a specific stance towards the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey carried out by the Fethullah Gulen Terrorist Organisation (FETO). For this goal, examples selected from the Western media are analysed by means of the discourse analysis method.

Kaynakça

  • “Kral Sisi’yi Kahraman İlan Etti [King Declared Sisi as a Hero]”, Al Jazeera Turk, 1 May 2015.
  • Availablet at: [Accessed: 10.12.2016].
  • “Turkey coup: What is Gulen movement and what does it want?”, BBC, 15 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 01.07.2017].
  • Beauchamp, Z., ”Turkey’s coup, explained in under 500 words”, Vox, 15 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 04.12.2016].
  • Bryman, A., Social Research Methods, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press, New York 2012, p.528-540.
  • Finkel, A., ‘Turkey was already undergoing a slow-motion coup – by Erdoğan, not the army’, The Guardian, 16 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 04.12.2016].
  • Ford, D., ‘Egypt’s President calls for a religious revolution’, CNN, 6 January 2015. Availablet at: [Accessed: 10.12.2016].
  • “Lt. Col. Peters on #Turkey: ’If the coup succeeds, Islamists lose and we win.’” #OreillyFactor [Twitter], Fox News, 16 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 10.07.2017].
  • Friedman, T. L. (2002) ‘An Islamic Reformation’, The New York Times, 4 December 2002.
  • Available at: [Accessed: 01.07.2017].
  • Fuller, G. (2016) ‘The Gulen Movement Is Not a Cult — It’s One of the Most Encouraging Faces of Islam Today’, Huffington Post, 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 12.12.2016].
  • Gaetan, V., The Muslim Martin Luther’, Foreign Affairs, 20 February 2014. Availablet at: [Accessed: 09.12.2016].
  • Gramsci, A., Selections from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci, in Q. Hoare & G. N.
  • Smith (eds.) and (trans.), Lawrence and Wishart, London 1971, p. 80.
  • Giroux, H. A., Ideology, Culture & the Process of Schooling, The Falmer Press, London 1981, p. 94.
  • Hirsi Ali, A., Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, Harper Collins, New York 2015.
  • Pamuk, H. and Tattersall, N., ‘Turkey’s Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt’, Reuters, 7 Agusut 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 05.12.2016].
  • Rubin, M., ‘Why the Coup in Turkey Could Mean Hope’, New York Post, 15 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 05.12.2016].
  • Rubin, M., ‘Erdogan has nobody to blame for the coup but himself’, Foreign Policy, 15 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 15.01.2017].
  • Zumwalt, J., ‘Outside View: Islamic ‘Martin ‘Luther’ issues his proclamation’, United Press International, 28 January 2014. Availablet at: [Accessed: 10.12.2016].w

Türkiye’nin 15 Temmuz’unda Batı’nın Kültürel Hegemonya Girişimini Açığa Çıkarmak

Yıl 2017, Sayı: 87, 107 - 116, 01.09.2017

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İslam’da reform, Batı medyasının ve Batılı entelektüel çevrelerin son yıllarda en çok üzerinde durduğu konuların başında gelmektedir. İslam’da reform söyleminin ne şekilde kullanıldığına bakıldığında ise, kavramın Müslümanların çoğunluğu oluşturduğu ülkelerde sözde bir ‘radikal İslamcı – reformist Müslüman’ ikiliği yaratmak ve bu ikilik üzerinden Batı çıkarlarıyla hiçbir durumda ters düşmeyecek alternatif bir İslam yorumu inşa etmek için araçsallaştırıldığı görülecektir. Bu çeşit bir alternatif İslam yorumu ile bir taraftan Müslüman ülkelerin meşru hükümetleri ve seçilmiş siyasileri ‘radikal İslamcı’ etiketiyle şeytanlaştırılmakta, diğer taraftan ise Müslüman kitleler ile sözde ‘reformist Müslümanlar’ arasında bir rıza ilişkisi kurulmaya çalışılmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Fethullahçı Terör Örgütü (FETÖ) tarafından gerçekleştirilen 15 Temmuz 2016 tarihli darbe girişimin Batı medyası ve siyasi çevrelerinde ne şekilde karşılık bulduğu üzerinden Batı’nın kültürel hegemonya girişimini mercek altına almaktır. Bu amaçla, Batı medyasında yer alan darbe girişimi ile alakalı söylemlerden örnekler eleştirel söylem analizi metodu ile incelenecektir.


Kaynakça

  • “Kral Sisi’yi Kahraman İlan Etti [King Declared Sisi as a Hero]”, Al Jazeera Turk, 1 May 2015.
  • Availablet at: [Accessed: 10.12.2016].
  • “Turkey coup: What is Gulen movement and what does it want?”, BBC, 15 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 01.07.2017].
  • Beauchamp, Z., ”Turkey’s coup, explained in under 500 words”, Vox, 15 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 04.12.2016].
  • Bryman, A., Social Research Methods, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press, New York 2012, p.528-540.
  • Finkel, A., ‘Turkey was already undergoing a slow-motion coup – by Erdoğan, not the army’, The Guardian, 16 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 04.12.2016].
  • Ford, D., ‘Egypt’s President calls for a religious revolution’, CNN, 6 January 2015. Availablet at: [Accessed: 10.12.2016].
  • “Lt. Col. Peters on #Turkey: ’If the coup succeeds, Islamists lose and we win.’” #OreillyFactor [Twitter], Fox News, 16 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 10.07.2017].
  • Friedman, T. L. (2002) ‘An Islamic Reformation’, The New York Times, 4 December 2002.
  • Available at: [Accessed: 01.07.2017].
  • Fuller, G. (2016) ‘The Gulen Movement Is Not a Cult — It’s One of the Most Encouraging Faces of Islam Today’, Huffington Post, 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 12.12.2016].
  • Gaetan, V., The Muslim Martin Luther’, Foreign Affairs, 20 February 2014. Availablet at: [Accessed: 09.12.2016].
  • Gramsci, A., Selections from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci, in Q. Hoare & G. N.
  • Smith (eds.) and (trans.), Lawrence and Wishart, London 1971, p. 80.
  • Giroux, H. A., Ideology, Culture & the Process of Schooling, The Falmer Press, London 1981, p. 94.
  • Hirsi Ali, A., Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, Harper Collins, New York 2015.
  • Pamuk, H. and Tattersall, N., ‘Turkey’s Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt’, Reuters, 7 Agusut 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 05.12.2016].
  • Rubin, M., ‘Why the Coup in Turkey Could Mean Hope’, New York Post, 15 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 05.12.2016].
  • Rubin, M., ‘Erdogan has nobody to blame for the coup but himself’, Foreign Policy, 15 July 2016. Available at: [Accessed: 15.01.2017].
  • Zumwalt, J., ‘Outside View: Islamic ‘Martin ‘Luther’ issues his proclamation’, United Press International, 28 January 2014. Availablet at: [Accessed: 10.12.2016].w
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Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Siyaset Bilimi
Bölüm Research Article
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Yayımlanma Tarihi 1 Eylül 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi 22 Mart 2017
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2017 Sayı: 87

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APA Başkan, B. (2017). Uncovering Western Efforts for Cultural Hegemony over Turkey’s July 15 Coup Attempt. Liberal Düşünce Dergisi(87), 107-116.