Full Description
This volume offers a variety of perspectives on Turkey's democratic backsliding since 2010 as the ruling Justice and Development Party and President Recep T. Erdoğan have consolidated their rule. It highlights numerous historical, ideological, and structural forces that have contributed to this process, explores the weaknesses of the opposition and civil society actors, examines how the changing political economy has contributed to growing authoritarianism, and notes how growing authoritarianism has impacted different political and social actors. It also suggests some factors that might help reverse the current processes of de-democratization.
Contents
List of Figures and Table - Isabel David/Paul Kubicek: Introduction - Özgür Salmanoğ: Theoretical Approaches to De-Democratization and Regime Development in Turkey - Devrim Şahin/Ahmet Sözen: The Political (Non)-Development of Turkey at Its Centenary: The Revival of Peker's Autocratic State-Party System - Sevgi Doğan: Erdoğan's Regressive Caesarism: A Tentative Gramscian Reading of Contemporary Turkish De-Democratization - Murat Akser: De-democratization of Turkish Media: A New Century of Opposition and Resistance? - Ekin Emek Berber/Günizi Satar: Impunity Policy in Turkey and Victims' Right to Know the Truth - Ülker Sözen: Emotional Landscape of Activism in Turkey: Hope and Emotional Sustainability Under Authoritarianism - Gökhan Demir: Big Business Response to Authoritarianism in 1990s Turkey: The Case of the New Democracy Movement in Turkey - Alp Kayserlioğlu: The Discontents of Authoritarianism in Neoliberalism: Contradictions between the State and the Capitalist Class in Turkey after 2018 - Carlo Sanna: An Account of Intra-party Democracy in Turkey's Republican People's Party [Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi] 2010-2023 - Seda Demiralp: Changes and Continuities in Opposition Discourse: Politicizing Corruption Ahead of 2023 Elections - Notes on Contributors - Index
