Since the 1980 military coup in Turkey, much of the history and politics of the country can be
described as a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. In this accessible account …

Although theories of partisanship were developed for the democratic context, partisanship
can be important in electoral autocracies as well. We use survey data to analyze …

What explains the EU compliance of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)?
Since it came to power in 2002, AKP has launched legislative reforms in order to meet the …

For most of the first decade of its rule, the AKP touted itself as an agent for democratization,
receiving much support both inside and outside of Turkey. More recently, the AKP has taken …

Turkey?” has been echoing around the capitals of the Atlantic community, uttered variously
in exasperation, in admiration and in wonder. 1 The same refrain recently has been …

This dissertation problematizes the populism–national identity relationship looking at
contemporary Turkey, where populism was combined with an increasingly Islamic …

In Turkey's June 2011 elections, the Islamic-rooted AKP won another landmark victory to
form its third, consecutive majority government. This firm return of Islamic values to the public …

This paper provides a close look at Turkey's experience with democratic backsliding and
argues that at different stages of this process, different structural and agential factors …

Turkey has undergone significant social, economic, and political changes since the military
coup in 1980. A noteworthy development during this period has been the emergence of …

This essay attempts to elucidate the transformation of civil-military relations in Turkey since
the failed coup of 15 July 2016. After presenting an overview of these relations prior to the …