Abstract Since the coming to power of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Turkish government’s foreign and increasingly domestic politics have been characterized as ‘neo-Ottoman,’ a concept which both its critics and champions have wielded in different ways. The article revisits and reassesses articulations of neo-Ottomanism in Turkish foreign policy, and explores the significance of its appearance in Turkey’s domestic politics in Turkey. In doing so, it offers an explanation that draws out the distinct and varied interpretations of neo-Ottomanism present in such debates. It argues that neo-Ottomanism as used within a foreign policy milieu is not without its analytical use but is contestable due to its wide range of interpretations. Following this, the article analyzes the more recent appearance of the concept of neo-Ottomanism in Turkish domestic politics, highlighting its confluence with the increasing authoritarianism of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a newly empowered president. It highlights how the AKP has embraced and appropriated a precisely delineated neo-Ottomanism as a rhetorical and legitimating framework for its domestic policies. In doing so, the article demonstrates how neo-Ottomanism as developed and understood in the foreign policy arena initially, has been adopted in domestic politics under the AKP.

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伟大的帝国主义与选择性的记忆：重新评估土耳其对外和国内政治中的新奥斯曼主义

摘要自正义与发展党（AKP）上台以来，土耳其政府在国外和日趋国内的政治都被称为“新奥斯曼帝国”，这一观念受到批评家和拥护者的不同方式的运用。本文回顾并重新评估了土耳其外交政策中的新奥斯曼主义，并探讨了其在土耳其国内政治中的重要性。在此过程中，它提供了一种解释，从而得出了此类辩论中对新奥斯曼主义的独特而多样的解释。它认为，在外交政策环境中使用的新奥斯曼主义不是没有其分析性的用途，而是由于其广泛的解释而引起争议。按照此，这篇文章分析了新奥斯曼主义概念在土耳其国内政治中的最新出现，强调了它与新任总统雷塞普·塔伊普·埃尔多安（Recep TayyipErdoğan）日益专制的融合。它强调了正义与发展党是如何接受并采用一种精确划定的新奥斯曼主义作为其国内政策的修辞和合法框架的。通过这样做，本文证明了在最初的外交政策领域发展和理解的新奥斯曼主义是如何在AKP的国内政治中被采用的。它强调了正义与发展党是如何接受并采用一种精确划定的新奥斯曼主义作为其国内政策的修辞和合法框架的。通过这样做，本文证明了在最初的外交政策领域发展和理解的新奥斯曼主义是如何在AKP的国内政治中被采用的。它强调了正义与发展党是如何接受并采用一种精确划定的新奥斯曼主义作为其国内政策的修辞和合法框架的。通过这样做，本文证明了在最初的外交政策领域发展和理解的新奥斯曼主义是如何在AKP的国内政治中被采用的。