An assessment on the relationship between biopolitics and national security

The concept of biopolitics, which is a political approach with a biological infrastructure, has the idea of directing and controlling the body. It is one of the basic features of biopolitical power to put pressure on the body by the power and to be under surveillance. The concept finds its place as population policy, which means creating life and death strategies. It refers to a multi-faceted phenomenon that tries to keep the population under control by directly or indirectly using processes such as birth, death and disease that belong to human beings. The concept of national security, on the other hand, has come to the fore as a phenomenon constantly emphasized by international politics and political ideologies since the emergence of nation states on the stage of history. When we consider the concept as security, which is its most basic form, it is possible to see that it has developed simultaneously with the history of humanity. Security has turned into a form of national security as it has strategic importance in order to protect the borders and ensure the continuity of the states in parallel with the emergence of the state phenomenon in the advancing processes. national security; It is possible to define it as the protection of military, economic, social and diplomatic phenomena with the emphasis of independence and sovereignty in the international community on the grounds of perpetuating the power of the state. Based on these definitions, states benefit from biopolitical policies to protect their national security and ensure their own continuity. By keeping their population under control through biopolitical processes, they have the opportunity to protect their current power and control situations that threaten their national security. Keywords: Biopolitics, National Security, Political Security