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Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey (Paperback)
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Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Turkey
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Since the establishment in 1945 of a constitutional democracy,
political parties have figured prominently in Turkish politics.
This book, first published in 1991, examines the role they have
played. Key features of the political culture of the Turkish
republic have created dilemmas for multi-party democracy:
Ataturkism still exerts a powerful influence on the country's
bureaucratic and military elites. With their notion of 'responsible
leadership' and of democracy as rational intellectual debate in
pursuit of the 'best' policy, they have expected an unrealistic
degree of idealism and statesmanlike behaviour from the leaders of
political parties. Three times, in 1960, 1971 and 1980, the
military has intervened in politics - on the third occasion to
undertake wholesale constitutional and legal restructuring aimed at
producing 'sensible' politicians. Given these ambiguous
circumstances, what role have the political parties themselves
played in the promotion and functioning of democracy in Turkey, and
what are their attitudes to the issues involved? This collection of
essays discusses political parties since the foundation of the
Turkish Republic in 1923 until the 1990s. With contributions from
leading political scientists and historians of modern Turkey, it is
indispensable reading for all those concerned with the country.
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