Lexington Books
Pages: 214
Trim: 6⅜ x 9⅛
978-1-66691-810-6 • Hardback • January 2023 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-66691-811-3 • eBook • January 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Umut Yukaruç is lecturer at Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University.
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2 Historical Background of Turkish Politics
Chapter 3 The Security Imaginary in the Era of the AKP: Three Representations
Chapter 4 The Case of Valley of the Wolves: Ambush
Chapter 5 VoW: Ambush and the Representation of Turkey as the Leader of the Middle East
Chapter 6 VoW: Ambush and the Representation of Turkey as the Defender of the Oppressed
Chapter 7 VoW: Ambush and the Representation of Self-Confident Turkey
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
In this compelling volume, Umut Yukaruç advances the field of popular culture and world politics beyond the West. He persuasively demonstrates how popular culture matters to politics in Turkey by analyzing how television series like Valley of the Wolves produce and reproduce the ideology of the AKP. In doing so, Yukaruç raises important questions about contemporary hegemony, foreign policy practices, and the future of Turkey.
— Kyle Grayson, Professor of Security, Politics, and Culture, Newcastle University (UK)