Uysal, Gönenç (2025) Revisiting Crisis and State : Authoritarianism and Exception in Turkey. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. pp. 1-17. ISSN 1944-8953
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Since 2015, Turkey has staged a series of crises; an election crisis, a failed coup attempt, the currency and debt crisis, the pandemic, the recent major earthquakes, and the ongoing crisis of transition to a new pattern of capital accumulation. Two major accounts, the competitive authoritarianism camp and the authoritarian neoliberal camp, highlighted the AKP’s rising authoritarianism. Contrary to both approaches, this paper examines the interaction between the abovementioned crises and state-capital-class relations bringing about a set of exceptional forms, relations, processes in politics. It argues that these crises fundamentally indicate the transformation of the state apparatus under the AKP, beyond authoritarianism, and particularly the shift to an exceptional state and fascism, manifesting a specific configuration of class conflict.