The reflections of Jean Baudrillard's simulation theory on international relations in terms of of global social movements

Economic, social and political structures which are parallel to postmodern approaches in terms of being anonymous, centreless and uncontrollable have weakened modernity and its institutions. Those structures struggling with all types of sovereignty become coherently visible by the hegemony definition of Baudrillard. By enabling the "servant" to internalize the "master" and by destroying all authenticities in the symbolic order, global hegemony established its rule by outrunning concepts which are produced by modernity as well as capital, democratic representation, sovereignty and objective reality. Today, political-economic criticism against global hegemony causes hegemony to recreate itself by ignoring the symbolic dimension on which hegemony is established. "Reversing" dynamics such as terrorism which contains violence and immigration which does not contain violence challenge the hegemony in a symbolic dimension; in the meantime Islam and other cultures, which try to preserve their originalities, resist hegemony. When the position of social movements in the symbolic dimension and their connection with hegemony are analyzed, Arab Spring, as a movement which took place in 'unmodern' societies, stands for a usual revolt against dominance and does not contain a meaning in symbolic dimension, Occupy Wall Street movement, considered as a social movement simulacra, served for the maintenance of global hegemony and for the purpose of hiding the fact that political representation does not exist. On the other hand, Gezi Protests are dissimilar to these other movements because the center and periphery of the protests do not share and act in accordance with the same principle of reality. The groups located at the center of the movement, living in a universe in which simulation principle is determinant, challenged the political power by adjusting an apolitical strategy, annihilating the 'meaning'. The purpose of global hegemony, demolishing all types of sovereignty, was thus parallel to the unresponsiveness and pointlessness strategy of the Gezi Park protests. In this context, simulation theory, may present a set of concepts which are convenient to reveal global causes and consequences of new social movements which apparently contain local elements.