This article analyzes Erdoğan's speeches after 2010 to reveal how he uses time in populist memory politics, indicating implications for political discourse.
Key Points
The article explores how Erdoğan organizes time in his speeches to influence memory and political narrative.
Analyzed Erdoğan's speeches post-2010, focusing on temporal relations and memory politics.
Developed a four-part typology based on the framework of temporal connectivity.
Conducted close readings of commemorative speeches on past coups.
Identified narratives of continuity and temporal collapse in Erdoğan's rhetoric.
Framed past coups as ongoing issues rather than historical events.
Showed that this reorganization of time strengthens Erdoğan's position and fosters a sense of victimhood.