ABSTRACT

Turkey has become a powerful example of rising ethno-religious nationalism since the ruling Justice and Development Party allied with the Nationalist Movement Party in 2016. Conceptualising the political ideology in power as Islamic nationalism, I expose ways in which this ideology is articulated in the education reform discourse of ‘new Turkey’ through a critical analysis of a foundational education reform report (the Report). The analysis shows various aspects of ethno-religious construction of education reform discourse through a focus on citizenship education (CE) partly because the prominent configuration of power relations manifests itself in considerations of CE. The analysis finds that the Report vilifies CE and proposes an alternative for it: social entrepreneurship. Furthermore, it presents Turkey’s diverse population as a monolithic homogenous mass and makes no mention of democracy and human rights values. These findings call out the research community to investigate the negative implications of rising ultra-nationalism for CE.

摘要

自执政的正义与发展党于 2016 年与民族主义运动党结盟以来，土耳其已成为民族宗教民族主义崛起的有力例证。将执政的政治意识形态概念化为伊斯兰民族主义，我揭示了这种意识形态在教育中的表达方式通过对基础教育改革报告（报告）的批判性分析来改革“新土耳其”的话语。通过对公民教育（CE）的关注，分析显示了教育改革话语的民族宗教建构的各个方面，部分原因是权力关系的突出配置体现在对公民教育的考虑中。分析发现，该报告诋毁了CE，并提出了一个替代方案：社会企业家精神。此外，它将土耳其多样化的人口呈现为一个单一的同质群体，并没有提及民主和人权价值观。这些发现呼吁研究界调查极端民族主义抬头对行政长官的负面影响。