What is it about?
Information and ideas can be delivered through discourse and just as well power itself can be implemented and ideology can be promoted. That is why one must always keep in mind that language constitutes a social practice determined by social structures and ideology lies on “who tells what to whom for what purposes”. Symbols stimulate profoundly this process by pointing out to new directions and new possibilities. In this way, the need experiencing the members of a particular group for ‘belonging’ and ‘identity’ it is fulfilled. Erdoğan’s discourse combines events of the past with government’s achievements, be it technical, institutional etc. His rhetoric style is structured on an AKP-unique ideological basis promoting a post-Kemalist perception not only of nationalism but also of Turkey’s worldview. His persuasive method involves the recital of famous poems containing allusions (historical, sentimental, national etc.) and conveying messages pertaining to the particular moment that the speech is delivered.
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Why is it important?
It contributes to the understanding of History within the Turkish political framework and also of how this is used for political ends.
Perspectives
I believe that this publication will offer some insight for approaching this new mixture of Turkishness and Islam and for outlining the developments within the political and social levels of Turkey.
Associate Prof. Georgios Michalakopoulos
Ionio Panepistemio
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This page is a summary of: Recitation of Poetry by a Leader as a Means to Combine History with Politics and Ideology: Erdoğan and the Promotion of the akp’s Policy Formula, Turkish Historical Review, October 2022, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/18775462-bja10042.
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