Abstract

A spectacular shock doctrine is reformatting Turkey since the failed coup in July 2016. We examine how the television economy transformed the organization behind the coup (FETÖ) from a public secret into a spectacle. We investigate the televised confessions of former Gulenists, who revealed the scandalous FETÖ’s inner workings live on television. We argue that former Gulenists’ media performances based on confession, apology, and spectacular secrecy captured public affect to justify their complicity with the putschists rather than bringing political justice. The government capitalized on these confessions as part of its strategic information warfare to tame the opposition after the coup, while reconstructing Gulenists as a weird cult rather than a political network. As the citizens were bombarded with affective televisual confessions, politicians secured authoritarian futures without a glimpse of justice, because these shows spectacularly erased the networks behind the coup.

中文翻译：

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“新土耳其”中的媒体，情感和威权主义的未来：政变后电视上的壮观告白

摘要

自2016年7月政变失败以来，一个令人震惊的震惊主义正在重塑土耳其。我们研究了电视经济如何将政变背后的组织（FETÖ）从公共秘密变成了奇观。我们调查了前古伦主义者的电视告白，他们揭露了FETÖ丑闻的内部运作在电视上的直播。我们认为，基于口供，道歉和引人入胜的机密行为的前古伦主义者的媒体表演引起了公众的关注，以证明他们与叛变分子的共谋是正当的，而不是为了带来政治正义。政府利用这些供词作为其战略信息战的一部分，以在政变后驯服反对派，同时将古兰经​​主义者重建为一个怪异的邪教而不是政治网络。当公民受到情感电视口供的轰炸时，