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Turkey and Erdoğan’s rising “Lausanne Syndrome”
Author(s) -
Drakoularakos Stavros
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
digest of middle east studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1949-3606
pISSN - 1060-4367
DOI - 10.1111/dome.12224
Subject(s) - turkish , geopolitics , foreign policy , political science , independence (probability theory) , politics , declaration , declaration of independence , narrative , history , political economy , law , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics
In this article, I analyze the rise of the “Lausanne Syndrome” in Turkish politics during the twenty‐first century through the prism of ontological security theory. The arguments are presented through the examination of the legacy of the “Sèvres Syndrome”, the impact of the Turkish‐Israeli diplomatic break‐up during the 2010s on the Turkish self‐narrative, and the declaration of the second war of independence following the failed coup attempt of 2016. The “Lausanne Syndrome” serves both as a domestic and foreign policy tool, as it relates to Erdoğan’s search for ontological security and geopolitical strategy.