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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

Seçkin Sertdemir
Seçkin Sertdemir
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University of Turku, Finland

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Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey
Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State
 , pp. 221 - 226
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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‘1402ers’ (1402’likler), 74
Abensour, Miguel, 2–3
Academics for Peace (Barış için Akademisyenler), 28, 77, 119, 130, 151, 172
and civic death, 51–53
and coup attempt in 2016, 38–40
and democracy, 3–4
and informal rule of law, 123
and peace petition, 5–6
and punishment, 61–64, 70–71
and rule of law, 12–13
and securitisation, 46–48
and terror charges, 7
and terrorism charges, 36–38
and the OHAL Commission, 121
Agamben, Giorgio, 64, 166
AKP (Justice and Development Party, Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi), 53, 128, 135, 144, 152, 155
and Academics for Peace, 5–6
and authoritarian securitisation, 8–11, 22–27, 159–161
and authoritarianism, 12–15
and biosecuritisation, 138
and biosecuritisation of women, 144–152
and centralised data collection, 103–104
and civic death, 51–53
and contingency governance, 104–106
and definition of terrorism, 36
and family regulation, 106–110
and illegal wiretapping, 96–98
and lateral surveillance, 89–93
and logic of protection, 28–31
and logic of punishment, 61–64
and loyalty to the state, 112–114
and motherhood, 138
and protection of security apparatus, 53–59
and refugees, 48–51
and securitisation, 16–20
and securitisation of Kurds, 85–88
and security vetting, 115–119
and social media censorship, 98–103
and state of emergency, 1–3, 3–8
and state survival, 30–33, 39–43
and terrorism charges, 38
and the Gülen movement, 33–35
Amnesty International, 48, 50, 58, 76, 87
Andrejevic, Mark, 17–18, 25, 89, 91, 105
Arendt, Hannah, 2–3, 64, 66, 118
Asena, Duygu, 150
atmosfear of terror, 14, 17, 111, 125–126
and civic death, 10
and regulation, 26
authoritarian securitisation
and civic death, 10
authoritarianism, 11, 15, 173
and civic death, 1–2
and democracy, 3–4
and parliamentary system, 43
and rule of law, 12–13
and securitisation, 15
competitive, 14
autonomy, institutional, 164, 172
Balibar, Étienne, 64
Bedirhanoğlu, Pınar, 130
Berkes, Niyazi, 71–72
Beşikçi, Ismail, 72, 79
Bigo, Didier, 16, 53, 56, 96, 166
Bilgin, Pınar, 16, 54, 170
Biner, Zerrin Özlem, 55, 62, 172
biopolitics, 16–18, 21, 144
biosecuritisation, 136–140, 143, 169–171
and biosecuritisation of women, 144–152
and civic death, 10
and disabled people, 155–158
and LGBTQ+ individuals, 152–155
and logic of, 26–27
Bora, Tanıl, 78
Boran, Behice, 71–72
Boratav, Korkut, 73, 75, 79
Boratav, Pertev Naili, 72
Brown, Wendy, 75
BTK (Information and Communication Technologies Authority, Bilgi Teknolojileri ve İletişim Kurumu)
and illegal wiretapping, 96–98
and social media censorship, 98–103
Camcı, Meral, 6
centralisation, 25, 88, 142, 161, 165
and data collection, 103–104
and securitisation, 15–20
CHP (Republican People’s Party, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi), 33, 54, 117
and criminalisation, 41–42
and refugees, 48–51
and state survival, 45
Cihan, Metin, 162
CİMER (Presidential Communication Centre, Cumhurbaşkanlığı İletişim Merkezi), 128–130
citizen, 15, 20, 65, 145, 156, 167
and authoritarian securitisation, 10–11
and citizen-informant, 92
and desirable/acceptable, 42
and disposable citizens, 10, 39, 64, 163
and punishment, 83–84
and second-class citizens, 80, 150
and securitisation, 15–20, 46–48
undesirables/objectionables, 42
citizen-informers, 167
citizenship, 17, 47, 64, 146, 149
and authoritarianism, 15
and citizenship revocation, 74
and civic death, 1–2
and democracy, 2–3
civic death, 1–2, 9–10, 22–27, 111, 169, 171
and authoritarian securitisation, 159–161
and biosecuritisation, 137–138, 144, 154–158
and code 36 or 37, 9
and democracy, 2–3, 13
and logic of punishment, 83–84
and regulation, 115
and retribution, 65–66
and rule of law, 12–13
civil death, 2, 62, 78
Constitutional Court (Anayasa Mahkemesi), 122, 127, 154
and loyalty to the state, 112–114
and rule of law, 12–13
control, 55, 67, 88–89, 143, 180
and authoritarianism, 15
and biosecurity, 139–143
and centralised data collection, 103–104
and civic death, 10
and contingency governance, 104–106
and extra-legal overreach into domestic life, 106–110
and illegal wiretapping, 96–98
and Kurds, 85–88
and lateral surveillance, 89–93, 165–166
and logic of, 24–25
and rule of law, 12–13
and securitisation, 15–20
and security apparatus, 53–59
and social, 67, 69
and social media censorship, 98–103
and terrorism, 65
data collection, 90, 92, 103–104, 117, 165–166
and extra-legal data collection, 33
and illegal wiretapping, 96–98
and regulation, 114–115
Deleuze, Gilles, 26, 141–143
Demirtaş, Selahattin, 88, 126, 178
democracy, 3, 8, 14
and illiberal democracy, 14
savage democracy, 14
denunciation, 26
and lateral espionage, 129
and regulation, 114–115, 128–132, 136
and surveillance, 92–96
diabled people, 169–171
Dillon, Michael, 16, 25, 37, 89, 143
and biopolitics of security, 140
and control, 111
and radical uncertainty, 105, 134
disabled people, 138, 155–157
DİSK (Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey, Türkiye Devrimci İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu), 94, 177
disobedience, 11, 13
dissident, 69
Diyanet (Presidency of Religious Affairs, Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı), 106–110, 152, 178
ECtHR (European Court of Human Rights), 113, 120, 122, 126
Eğitim-Sen (Education and Science Labourers Union, Eğitim ve Bilim Emekçileri Sendikası), 121, 126
emergency decree, 2, 108, 160, 176, 179
and civic death, 1–2
and failed coup attempt in 2016, 6–7
and loyalty to the state, 112–114
Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip, 35, 54, 144, 147
and Academics for Peace, 5–6
and civic death, 51–53
and criminalisation of the opposition, 41–42
and Kurds, 4–5
and logic of protection, 28–31
and logic of punishment, 61–64
and loyalty to the state, 112–114
and muhtars, 131
and national mobilisation, 79
and one-man rule, 14–15
and protection of security apparatus, 53–59
and refugees, 48–51
and rule of law, 12–13
and social media censorship, 98–103
and state survival, 45
and the Gülen movement, 33
Erdoğanism, 14
Ersanlı, Büşra, 77
Ersoy, Kıvanç, 6
European Commission, 1, 19, 31, 69, 80, 82, 120, 128
European Union, 48, 54, 162, 166
Evans, Brad, 16, 96, 140
exile, 7, 21, 23–24, 59, 72
and civic death, 53
and internal and external exiles, 79–81
and logic of protection, 31
and logic of punishment, 83–84
and securitisation, 46–48
family, 46, 153, 155
and biosecuritisation, 137–139
and control, 89
and Diyanet, 106–110
and security vetting, 115–119
and women, 144–152
Fassin, Didier, 24, 64–68, 73
femicide, 147
FETÖ/PDY (Fetullah Terrorist Organisation/Parallel State Organisation, Fethullahçı Terör Örgütü/Paralel Devlet Yapılanması), 33–35, 120
Finley, Moses, 3
Foucault, Michael, 26, 139–143, 179
Gambetti, Zeynep, 172
Garland, David, 24, 67–68
gender, 26, 67, 137–138, 144, 148–149, 171
and biosecuritisation of LGBTQ+ people, 152–155
and biosecuritisation of women, 144–147
Gergerlioğlu, Ömer Faruk, 107, 156
Gök, Fatma, 64, 75
governance of contingency, 25
Gözler, Kemal, 12
Gros, Frédéric, 24, 103–104, 167
and biodata, 117
and biosecurity, 26, 125, 138–144
and contingency, 105
and control, 16
and new security techniques, 17
and protection, 53
and regulation, 112
and responsible citizen, 162
and security, 65
guards, village (köy korucuları), 53, 55
Gülenist movement, See FETÖ/PDY (Fetullah Terrorist Organisation/Parallel State Organisation, Fethullahçı Terör Örgütü/Paralel Devlet Yapılanması)
HDP (People’s Democratic Party, Halkların Demokratik Partisi), 33, 41, 54, 126, 156
and illegal wiretapping, 96–98
and securitisation, 85–88
and state survival, 43–44
hegemony, neoliberal, 14
İlkiz, Fikret, 79
İmamoğlu, Ekrem, 102
impunity, 23, 30, 53–60, 161
İnsel, Ahmet, 40
Kaldor, Mary, 24, 65, 67
Kandiyoti, Deniz, 145, 154
Kaya, Muzaffer, 6
KESK (Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions, Kamu Emekçileri Sendikaları Konfederasyonu), 94, 177
KHK’lı, 20, 23, 133, 137, 180
and biosecuritisation of women, 144–152
and civic death, 1–2
and disabled people, 155–158
and logic of protection, 28–31
and regulation, 114–115
and security vetting, 115–119
knowledge economy, 75
Kocamaner, Hikmet, 109
Kongar, Emre, 75
Konuk, Kader, 71
Kurds, 85–88
Kymlicka, Will, 64
La Boétie, Etienne, 11–13
Laclau, Ernesto, 3
Lefort, Claude, 2–3, 11, 14, 64
LGBTQ+ individuals, 152–155, 169–171
and biosecuritisation, 26, 138, 144, 158
and civic death, 10
loyalty to the state, 112–114
Lyon, David, 92, 166
Marx, Gary, 89–93, 96
Massicard, Elise, 130
MHP (Nationalist Movement Party, Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi), 61, 148, 168
and Academics for Peace, 5–6
and state of emergency, 42–43
Miller, Ruth, 148–149
MİT (National Intelligence Service, Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı), 30, 53, 109, 123
and Kurds, 4–5
and security vetting, 115–119
motherhood, 151–152
and biosecuritisation, 137–139, 145, 148, 158
Mouffe, Chantal, 2–3
muhtar, 79, 130–131
Mungan, Esra, 6
Mutluer, Nil, 9, 108, 148, 152
Neocleous, Mark, 103
neoliberalism, 75–76
neoliberalism, authoritarian, 14
OHAL (Olağanüstü Hal), 2, 11, 35, 69, 177
and authoritarian securitisation, 10–11
and civic death, 10
and coup attempt in 2016, 38–40
and coup in 1980, 74–75
and rule of law, 12–13
and securitisation, 15–20, 42
and terrorism charges, 36–38
and the failed coup attempt in 2016, 6–7
OHAL Commission (State of Emergency Inquiry Commission, Olağanüstü Hal İşlemleri İnceleme Komisyonu), 81–83, 93, 119–125, 178
and coup attempt in 2016, 38–40
and punishment, 70–71
and terrorism charges, 36–38
opposition, 33, 35
and authoritarianism, 13, 15
and refugees, 48–51
and rule of law, 12–13
and state survival, 43–45
ostracisation, 112
Özkazanç, Alev, 169
Özyürek, Esra, 1–2, 9, 64, 68, 78, 81
and Academics for Peace, 119
and authoritarianism, 65
and exile, 81
Parla, Ayşe, 146, 148
patriarchy, 137
perfusion of distrust, 26, 92, 115
persecution, 2, 13, 163
and state survival, 32
populism, authoritarian, 14
populism, neoliberal, 14
practice, extra-legal, 167
protection, 1, 28–33, 35, 51–54, 143
and civic death, 10
and impunity, 58
and logic of, 23–24
and refugees, 48–51
and state survival, 161–162
punishment, 2, 65, 67–68, 123
and civic death, 10, 163–164
and logic of, 24, 61–64
and securitisation, 15–20
and state survival, 43–45
purge, 81, 122, 139, 156
and civic death, 1–2
and contingency governance, 104–106
and punishment, 83–84
and rule of law, 12–13
Rancière, Jacques, 2–3, 64
refugees, 30, 48–51
and biosecuritisation, 169–171
and civic death, 51–53
and control, 166
and criminalisation, 65
and human rights, 80
and securitisation, 46–48, 59
regulation, 114, 129, 140, 143, 146, 167–168
and biosecurity, 139–143
and civic death, 10, 114–115
and logic of, 25–26
and loyalty to the state, 112–114
and securitisation, 15–20
and self-regulation, 126
resilience, 161, 172
retribution, 24, 64, 67
and logic of, 67
rights, human, 58, 171
and biosecuritisation, 171
and democracy, 2–3
and extra-legal methods, 86, 107
and impunity, 58
and Kurds, 4–5
and logic of protection, 31
and parliamentary system, 43
and protection, 53
and refugees, 48–51
and repressive protection of state, 161
and securitisation, 15–20, 46–48, 51
and state of emergency, 42–43
and state survival, 32, 43–45
rule of law, 2, 127, 135, 167, 171
and authoritarianism, 12–13, 15
and democracy, 3–4
informal, 118, 123
and security vetting, 117
and the OHAL Commission, 120
Sassen, Saskia, 65
secret informant, 130
securitisation, 5, 13, 15, 53, 59
and atmosfear of terror, 125–126
and authoritarian securitisation, 10–11, 20, 159–161
and civic death, 51–53
and contingency governance, 104–106
and democracy, 2–3
and disabled people, 155–158
and family, 106–110
and protection and impunity, 53–59
and refugees, 51
and regulation, 167–168
and state survival, 161–162
security, human, 141, 144, 162
servitude, voluntary, 13
SES (Union of Employees in Public Health and Social Services, Sağlık ve Sosyal Hizmet Emekçileri Sendikası), 93
Sèvres Syndrome, 32
shared responsibility, 18, 105
Şık, Ahmet, 168
solidarity, 150, 161, 168, 172
state of emergency, 42–43, See OHAL (Olağanüstü Hal)
and state survival, 31
and terrorism charges, 36–38
state survival, 30–33, 59, 138
and authoritarianism, 43
and criminalisation of opposition, 41–42
and impunity, 53–54, 57
state, deep, 128, 179
Sultanism, 14
surveillance, 33, 60, 109, 165–166
and atmosfear of terror, 125–126
and authoritaranism, 13
and authoritarian securitisation, 10–11
and authoritarian surveillant assemblage, 16
and biosecurity, 139–143
and centralised data collection, 103–104
and contingency governance, 104–106
and illegal wiretapping, 96–98
and lateral surveillance, 18, 24, 89–93
and participation in surveillance, 92
and peer-to-peer surveillance, 18, 92
and securitisation, 15–20
and security apparatus, 53–59
and social media censorship, 98–103
and terrorism charges, 36–38
TBMM (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi)
and the military coup in 1980, 74–75
Tekin, Serdar, 122
terrorism, 5–7, 65, 174, 177
and authoritarianism, 13
and cocktail terrorism, 33, 124
and definition, 35–36
and regulation, 114–115
and security vetting, 115–119
TİB (Telecommunication and Communication Directorate, Telekomünikasyon İletişim Başkanlığı), 97, 99
TMMOB (Turkish Union of Engineers’ and Architects’ Chambers, Türk Mühendis ve Mimar Odaları Birliği), 94, 155, 177
Toker, Nilgün, 121
Topuz, Ali Duran, 13
TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu), 163
Turkey, 53–54, 153
and Academics for Peace, 5–6
and authoritarian securitisation, 10–11, 159–161
and centralised data collection, 103–104
and civic death, 1–2, 51–53
and criminalisation of the opposition, 41–42
and digital surveillance, 102
and Kurds, 4–5
and parliamentary system, 43
and protection of security apparatus, 53–59
and punishment, 61–64
and refugees, 48–51
and securitisation, 15–20, 46–48
and state survival, 43–45
and terrorism charges, 36–38
Turkishness contract, 32
UN Human Rights, 5, 170
uncertainty, radical, 105, 134
and civic death, 10
Üstel, Füsun, 76, 113, 134
Vatansever, Aslı, 64, 76
Wacquant, Loïc, 65–66
watchmen, night (bekçiler), 53, 55–56
wiretapping, 96–98
witness, secret, 59, 79
women, 5, 50, 108, 118, 169–171, 179
and biosecuritisation, 26, 144–152
and civic death, 10, 137
and disabled people, 155
and patriachy, 137
Yalçın, Meral Gezici, 64, 76
YÖK (Council of Higher Education, Yükseköğretim Kurulu), 77, 132
and coup in 1980, 74–75
and neoliberalism, 75
Yonucu, Deniz, 65, 68, 108
Zarakol, Ayşe, 160
Zuboff, Shoshana, 141–143, 166

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