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Telecommunications Interception in Turkey: Rights to Privacy vs. Discourses of Security

Telecommunications Interception in Turkey: Rights to Privacy vs. Discourses of Security

Melike Akkaraca Köse
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781609600839|ISBN10: 1609600835|EISBN13: 9781609600853
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-083-9.ch005
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Köse, Melike Akkaraca. "Telecommunications Interception in Turkey: Rights to Privacy vs. Discourses of Security." Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices, edited by Christina Akrivopoulou and Athanasios Psygkas, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 69-92. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-083-9.ch005

APA

Köse, M. A. (2011). Telecommunications Interception in Turkey: Rights to Privacy vs. Discourses of Security. In C. Akrivopoulou & A. Psygkas (Eds.), Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices (pp. 69-92). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-083-9.ch005

Chicago

Köse, Melike Akkaraca. "Telecommunications Interception in Turkey: Rights to Privacy vs. Discourses of Security." In Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices, edited by Christina Akrivopoulou and Athanasios Psygkas, 69-92. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-083-9.ch005

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Abstract

The paper discusses telecommunication interceptions in Turkey as a state surveilling itself as well as its citizens. While surveillance of state officials including the judiciary indicates a perception of threat from inside the state, these perceptions overlap with the ‘deep state’ phenomenon in Turkey. Despite the 2005 legal reforms which introduce strict legal standards for communications surveillance, current political developments reveal that wiretapping remains as a commonly used micro-power application. The paper, by utilizing Foucault’s theory, aims to uncover the ‘conditions of possibility’ for the use of this disciplinary technique in Turkey with a certain focus on the actual power relations and discourses of truth.

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