Pure Turkish Politics

Securitization is one of the international relations theories developed by Copenhagen School Scholars Barry Buzan, Ole Waever, and Jaap de Wilde. The prominent concept in this theory is political actors may sometimes use security rhetoric for their own benefit to change perception of their audience. Playing on security related concerns of the public helps these politicians to make leeway from real and relevant political arguments. Creating fear on society ease legitimatizing extraordinary security practices. If opposition groups challenge with these practices, politicians using securitization rhetoric blame them undermining security interests of the country and being on the same side with traitors and terrorists. Within this political environment while public finds itself discussing unnecessary topics irrelevant with real needs of country, the political actors benefiting from this strategy pave the way to accomplish their political agenda. Securitization strategy become popular in th...