An analysis of the state of exception in Turkey

Abstract

Olağanüstü hal araştırmaları özellikle son yıllarda akademik araştırmalarda sıkça yer aldı. Her ne kadar bu durumu tanımlamada ve analiz etmede faydalı oldularsa da, bu araştırmaların kendilerini tekrar eder hale geldikleri gözlemlenmiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı olağanüstü hal kavramına farklı bir noktadan yaklaşarak, onun ulus-devlet oluşumuyla ilgisini mülteci ve kamp kavramlarını da kullanarak onu çözümlemeye çalışmaktır.

The Kurdish Question began to occupy an important place for academic interest in the last 20 years. Even though these researches and analyses played an essential role in identifying and dealing with this problem, they seem to be repeating themselves. The purpose of this study is to use the insights of these researches and analyses in order to approach the Kurdish question from a different perspective by deconstructing and challenging the very idea of nation-state itself. Philosophical approaches to the modern concept of nation-state in the post-WWI era have shown that it is possible get a better grasp of the problem when we think of the problem in terms of notions like refugee, camp and state of exception. These concepts developed by Hannah Arendt and Giorgio Agamben provide us with essential tools to understand where we stand now.