Entrenching geopolitical imaginations: brand(ing) Turkey through Orhan Pamuk

Yalkin Ç., Yanık L. K.

Journal of International Relations and Development, cilt.23, sa.2, ss.339-358, 2020 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1057/s41268-018-0153-1
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of International Relations and Development
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Geobase, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.339-358
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Critical geopolitics, Cultural consumption, Markets, Nation-brands, Turkey
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Kuzey Kıbrıs Kampüsü Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This study focuses on how through consumers, the market reproduces a discourse that aligns with the political and the cultural spheres. By drawing on fields of production and consumption, we turn to how both Turkey as a nation-brand and Orhan Pamuk as a cultural producer are produced and consumed at the nexus of political and cultural fields. Based on the analysis of data comprising of interviews with Orhan Pamuk and Amazon consumer reviews of his work, we argue that the consumers of Pamuk’s works duplicate and reiterate dualities that have come to represent Turkey. This highlights the role of cultural products as nation-brand makers and the markets as where arts and politics intersect. We suggest that cultural products serve as vehicles through which existing perceptions and real and perceived global political hierarchies are reproduced.