“Strong, but Anxious State”: The Fantasmatic Narratives on Ontological Insecurity and Anxiety in Turkey

The political discourse on the problem of state survival in Turkey is hegemonic. What central to this Sévresphobia: idea that surrounded by internal and external enemies who are ready destroy it. This article aims explain why sustains itself over time how it captures collective mode being. argues fantasmatic narratives play an important role maintaining hegemonic governing anxiety. First, simplify socio-political space offering a comforting explanation for ongoing insecurities making anxiety tolerable. Second, they act as ideological force keeping dimension ontological security at bay. Drawing Post-foundational Theory Discourse (PTD) Ontological Security (OST), problematizes analyzes Turkey.