Değirmencioğlu, İlhami Binali2024-03-132024-03-1320191303-00942149-5459https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/323089https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/2607This article seeks to contribute to the security dilemma concept by exploring ideational components of itsmechanism. To achieve this goal, it focuses on the effects of the formative events on the cultural products,motivational dynamics (fear, hatred, and enmity), and identity formation by conducting a case study. The articleexamines the construction of anarchy by employing a constructivist approach, which was regarded as the sourceof ‘uncertainty’ driving to the security dilemma by the realist mainstream. It demonstrates that the ‘perceptionpatterns,’ which is the result of the accumulation of the past lessons, play a key role in recognition of other actors`intent and construction of anarchy and offers a more explanatory concept.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle886286432308918