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AKP at the Crossroads: Erdoğan's Majoritarian Drift

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  • Ergun Özbudun

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The cleavage between the secular centre and the religious-conservative periphery has been the most important dividing line in modern Turkish politics. In the past, centre-right parties have successfully appealed to the peripheral majority, emerging as victors in almost all parliamentary elections since 1950. This trend continues with the Justice and Development Party (AKP). In power since 2002, winner of three consecutive elections with increasing majorities, the AKP qualifies as a predominant party. The article focuses on the AKP's recent drift towards an excessively majoritarian conception of democracy, or even an electoral authoritarianism of a more markedly Islamic character. Topics discussed include the Gezi Park events in May–June 2013, the conflict with the Gülen movement, corruption charges against government ministers, recent legislation weakening judicial independence and restricting freedom of expression, and the 30 March 2014 local elections.

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  • Ergun Özbudun, 2014. "AKP at the Crossroads: Erdoğan's Majoritarian Drift," South European Society and Politics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(2), pages 155-167, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:19:y:2014:i:2:p:155-167
    DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2014.920571
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    1. Murat Somer, 2019. "Turkey: The Slippery Slope from Reformist to Revolutionary Polarization and Democratic Breakdown," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 681(1), pages 42-61, January.

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