Public Sentiment of a Pandemic Securitizing Health in Turkey — Yasemin Necmiye Tutar

The relationship between pandemics and security is a relatively new phenomenon that has attracted more attention worldwide especially as countries take precautions against Covid 19 The spread of Covid 19 on a global scale and its impact on all dimensions of social life required it to be addressed as a security issue In this context the fact that each nation state continues its struggle with the understanding of self sufficiency in the fight against Covid 19 has created the need to examine states responses to the epidemic In this study Turkey s response to Covid 19 was examined within the scope of the securitization theory of the Copenhagen School How health is constructed as a security issue the discourses of securitizing actors and the synchronization of the audience s response are examined

The relationship between pandemics and security is a relatively new phenomenon that has attracted more attention worldwide especially as countries take precautions against Covid 19 The spread of Covid 19 on a global scale and its impact on all dimensions of social life required it to be addressed as a security issue In this context the fact that each nation state continues its struggle with the understanding of self sufficiency in the fight against Covid 19 has created the need to examine states responses to the epidemic In this study Turkey s response to Covid 19 was examined within the scope of the securitization theory of the Copenhagen School How health is constructed as a security issue the discourses of securitizing actors and the synchronization of the audience s response are examined