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Democratization Process
The Rise and Decline of the Turkish Deep State The
The Rise and Decline of the Turkish “Deep State”: The Ergenekon Case

This article tests Mancur Olson’s theory of distributional coalitions against the case of the Turkish “deep state.”...

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Turkish Politics in a Changing World Global Dynamics and Domestic
Turkish Politics in a Changing World, Global Dynamics and Domestic Transformations

Turkish Politics in a Changing World, consisting of articles written by Keyman and Öniş discusses Turkey’s political...

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Democratization and Europeanization in Turkey After the September 12 Referendum
Democratization and Europeanization in Turkey After the September 12 Referendum

The recent reform of the Turkish constitution makes Turkey a more democratic country according to European Union...

Friday, October 1, 2010

Sharing Power Turkey s Democratization Challenge in the Age of
Sharing Power: Turkey’s Democratization Challenge in the Age of the AKP Hegemony

After a major wave of democratization over the last decade, the stalemate in Turkey’s reform process and the rising...

Monday, April 1, 2013

Deconstructing the Discourse of Models The Battle of Ideas over
Deconstructing the Discourse of Models: The ‘Battle of Ideas’ over the Post-Revolutionary Middle East

Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the so-called ‘Turkish model’ has become a key ingredient of the discourse of...

Monday, July 1, 2013


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