Abstract: Concern about the ontological security of the state has been at the center of Turkish politics since the beginning of the republican regime in 1923, shaping both the domestic and the foreign policy of Turkey. Taking the July 15 coup attempt in 2016 as a case, this article critically analyzes the political discourse on ontological (in)security in Turkey. The discussion begins by locating the discourse on the survival of the state [beka meselesi in Turkish] in a historical and sociopolitical context. Building on this discussion, the article investigates how unprecedented political instability caused by the failed coup attempt created a political space for the ruling Justice and Development Party to re-articulate the state’s survival discourse and related security practices. The article argues that governing elites followed a double strategy. On one hand, they aimed at simplifying the sociopolitical space with a ‘one nation, one state, one homeland, and one flag’ discourse; on the other hand, they actively prevented public contestation by keeping the political dimension of the coup at bay. To advance this argument, the article develops a discursive-theoretical framework by cross-fertilizing Ontological Security Theory with Post-foundational Discourse Theory.

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治理焦虑，创伤和危机：土耳其7月15日政变尝试后关于本体（不安全）的政治论述

摘要：自1923年共和政权开始以来，对国家本体安全的关注就一直是土耳其政治的中心，这影响了土耳其的内政和外交政策。以2016年7月15日的政变尝试为例，本文对土耳其关于本体论（不安全）的政治论述进行了批判性分析。讨论首先从在历史和社会政治背景下探讨国家生存的论述开始（土耳其语为beka meselesi）。在此讨论的基础上，本文探讨了政变失败的失败所导致的前所未有的政治动荡，如何为执政的正义与发展党重新表达国家的生存话语和相关安全做法创造了政治空间。文章认为，执政精英采取双重战略。一方面，他们旨在通过“一个国家，一个州，一个家园和一个旗帜”的话语来简化社会政治空间。另一方面，他们通过阻止政变的政治层面来积极阻止公众竞争。为了推进这一论点，本文通过将本体论安全理论与基础后话语理论交叉应用来发展话语理论框架。