ABSTRACT

The concept of üst akıl, an all-powerful and sinister agency, has recently been socially and politically influential in the public sphere in Turkey. From the time it was first used in 2014 to today, the concept has served as an enabling device to legitimize a political motive, to delegitimize dissident views, to make an assertion of difference, to safeguard political status and to gain mainstream recognition. In this article, I examine specific conspiracy narratives in Turkey, which are by-products of the üst akıl discourse, and attempt to understand how they, in their own ways, contribute to the formation of a conspiratorial climate and a hegemonic consensus in Turkish mainstream media. Journalists and popular authors creatively allude to üst akıl in a wide range of styles. Analysing the discourse of üst akıl, I demonstrate how the concept has been strategically used by many circles, pro-government and sometimes critical, to endorse a new nationalistic agenda intensified by the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey.

摘要

力量强大且险恶的代理机构üstakıl的概念最近在土耳其的公共领域具有社会和政治影响力。从2014年首次使用到现在，这个概念一直是使政治动机合法化，使持不同政见者合法化，主张不同，维护政治地位并获得主流认可的支持工具。在本文中，我研究了土耳其的特定阴谋叙事，这些叙事是üstakıl话语的副产品，并试图了解它们如何以自己的方式促成土耳其主流主流的阴谋气候和霸权共识的形成。媒体。记者和热门作家创造性地暗示了üstakıl风格各异。分析üstakıl的话语，我演示了这个概念如何在战略上被许多政府，亲政府甚至有时是批判性的人士用来认可由土耳其2016年政变企图所强化的新的民族主义议程。