Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Rhetoric, Nationalism, and the Turkish Case 1. Constitutive Rhetoric and Nationalism 2. Development of Turkish Nationalism: Questions of identity from Ottomans to Turks Part 2: The Founding Myths 3. The Myth of the First Duty 4. The Myth of the Internal Enemy 5. The Myth of the Ancestor 6. The Myth of Encirclement 7. The Myth of the Modernity Part 3: Semiotic Universe of Contemporary Turkish Politics 8. Characteristics of the Collectivization Process and Militarization 9. AKP and the Current Deployment of Myths in Political Discourse Final Thoughts

About the Author

Aysel Morin is an associate professor in the School of Communication at East Carolina University, USA. Her research involves the rhetorical construction of collective identities, political and public discourse, critical and cultural studies, nationalism, and history.