Securitization of gender as a modus operandi of populism: anti-gender discourses on the Istanbul Convention in the context of AKP's illiberal transformation.

This article examines how the discursive politics of securitization of gender operates in AKP's recent framing of the Istanbul Convention (IC) and its decision to annul it. It demonstrates that AKP's securitization of gender is structured as a populist discourse in the context of the party's illiber...

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Published in:	Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea Studies Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 611 - 632
Main Author:	Unal, Didem
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2025
Subjects:	Ak Parti (Political party : Türkiye) Anti-gender movements Political opposition Political parties Treaties Populism Gender Rhetoric & politics Democratic backsliding
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