Authoritarian Use of Religion to Delegitimize and Securitize the Opposition

This article examines the use of religion by an authoritarian ruling party to delegitimize political opposition through securitization. The case study presented is the ruling AKP in Turkey, which initially promised to desecuritize the Kurdish issue to co-opt the Kurdish opposition but eventually res...

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Authors: Yilmaz, Ihsan 1971- (Author) ; Demir, Mustafa (Author) ; Shipoli, Erdoan A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B Kurds
B Legitimation
B Turkey
B Asset-backed financing
B Islam
B Opposition
B Religion
B Repression
B delegitimation
B Authoritarianism
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