Klasik Realizm-Güvenlik İlişkisi Çerçevesinde Türkiye’nin İç Güvenlik Politikaları (1923-1960)

Abstract

Although the security culture that states have built over time has become a social reality, it is possible to change and diversify. Because when the interests of actors change, the conceptualization of security and threat is expected to change. It will be correct to state that Turkey's threat perceptions and security policy passed the periodic breaking points. Republic of Turkey is an actor who is built through social practices (interactions) with Ottoman Empire. Therefore, the threat conceptualization of the Republic of Turkey was formed interactions with the Ottoman Empire. In this study, Turkey's domestic security threat since the early republican period and security policies created against these threats is explained. In this context, the primary sources reflecting the security policies of the state were used. Factors that affect to domestic security policy in Turkey and the changes in traditional security practices of the state is reviewed. As a result, the internal threat elements to the existence of Turkey is analyzed in the framework of theory of realism.