@article{2021:ayka:a_bridge_w,
title = {A Bridge with Multiple Faces: Competing Identities in Turkish Parliamentary Debates (1988-2016)},
year = {2021},
note = {This article examines how Turkish parliamentarians continuously
(re)shape Turkey’s identity and geopolitical role by using the
metaphor of a bridge in parliamentary debates from 1988 to 2016.
First, the article argues that parliamentarians use this metaphor in
identity-formation processes to mediate between competing identities,
thereby constituting Turkey’s liminal identity. Second, it
illustrates how the bridge metaphor remained a dominant discourse even
though parliamentarians constantly challenged and refilled the meaning
of it. This constantly (re)shapes Turkey’s geopolitical role to
function as a bridge between the West and East.},
journal = {DIYÂR},
pages = {279--301},
author = {Aykaç, Erdoğan},
volume = {2},
number = {2}
}