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Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political corruption
President Erdogan's victory in the April 2017 referendum granted
him sweeping new powers across Turkey. The constitutional reforms
transform the country from a parliamentary democracy into a
"Turkish style" presidential republic. Despite being democratically
elected, Turkey's ruling AKP party has moved towards increasingly
authoritarian measures. During the coup attempt in July 2016, the
AKP government declared a state of emergency which Erdogan saw as
an opportunity to purge the public sector of pro-Gulenist
individuals and criminalise opposition groups including Kurds,
Alevites, leftists and liberals. The country experienced political
turmoil and rapid transformation as a result. This book identifies
the process of democratic reversal in Turkey. In particular,
contributors explore the various ways that a democratically elected
political party has used elections to implement authoritarian
measures. They scrutinise the very concepts of democracy, elections
and autocracy to expose their flaws which can be manipulated to
advantage. The book includes chapters discussing the roots of
authoritarianism in Turkey; the political economy of elections; the
relationship between the political Islamic groups and the
government; Turkish foreign policy; non-Muslim communities'
attitudes towards the AKP; and Kurdish citizens' voting patterns.
As well as following Turkey's political trajectory, this book
contextualises Turkey in the wider literature on electoral and
competitive authoritarianisms and explores the country's future
options.
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