Abstract

This study is about how young citizens perceive the authoritarian regime in Turkey. It argues that feelings are overlooked in the debate on authoritarianism and then proposes the concept of ‘perceived regime’ to provide a framework for the intended discussion. To understand the dominant feelings of young people, this study analyses YouTube comments posted under the documentaries of 140Journos, a well-known independent new media content producer. Accordingly, this study defines a feeling structure called ‘collective misery’. Feelings of sadness, despair, hopelessness, anger, resentment and envy are the fundamental building blocks of this structure, and anxiety is the beam. Furthermore, this study posits that the primary manifestation of the authoritarian regime in Turkey is a pervasive and profound ‘anomie-like’ social formation.

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