Abstract
This article examines the role that think tanks have played in the
formulation of national security and a culture of security through
field research conducted on fourteen think tanks located in Istanbul
and Ankara. In addition to participant observation at the
think tanks, twenty-five in-depth interviews were conducted with
administrators and specialists. The findings revealed that, in
terms of their strategic attitudes about national security in Turkey,
there are three groups of think tanks: critical think tanks; b)
middle-position think tanks; and c) congruent think tanks. Based
on the results of the data collected, we argue that the culture of
national security in Turkey has begun to be impacted by a plurality
of actors, both civilian and official, and that there is an emerging
competition for influence over the definitions and conceptualizations
of security as well as the identification of security issues
within a securitization process which has led to their securitization.
Although the think-tank sector in Turkey is still in its formative
years, its roles and influence in the debates on national security
have been on the rise.
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