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War Veterans in Postwar SituationsThe Return of the Conscripts—A Vector for the Construction of a National Security Regime in Turkey?

War Veterans in Postwar Situations: The Return of the Conscripts—A Vector for the Construction of... [This chapter analyzes the situation of Turkish soldiers who participated in the Kurdish conflict during their military service. It questions the extent to which the return of ex-combatants has been instrumentalized by the Turkish authorities, in particular through a mythification of past combats and sanctification of martyrs. This accounts for the expansion of a secutarian way of thinking within the society and thus facilitates a redeployment of the security regime in the social structures. Indeed, the return of the veterans to civilian life seems to play a role in the security ethos. Furthermore, the spread of this mode of thinking engenders an attitude of “moral armament” toward the Kurdish conflict.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

War Veterans in Postwar SituationsThe Return of the Conscripts—A Vector for the Construction of a National Security Regime in Turkey?

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
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978-1-349-34417-8
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53 –72
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10.1057/9781137109743_3
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[This chapter analyzes the situation of Turkish soldiers who participated in the Kurdish conflict during their military service. It questions the extent to which the return of ex-combatants has been instrumentalized by the Turkish authorities, in particular through a mythification of past combats and sanctification of martyrs. This accounts for the expansion of a secutarian way of thinking within the society and thus facilitates a redeployment of the security regime in the social structures. Indeed, the return of the veterans to civilian life seems to play a role in the security ethos. Furthermore, the spread of this mode of thinking engenders an attitude of “moral armament” toward the Kurdish conflict.]

Published: Nov 3, 2015

Keywords: Military Service; Civilian Life; Turkish Society; Turkish State; Wounded Soldier

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