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1. 1. HOW DEMOCRACY BACKSLIDES. Tracing the Pathway in Turkey

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Zekeriya Alperen Bedirhan; [2022-06-17]
   Keywords : democratic backsliding; politicization; clientelism; patronage system; reform avoidance; authoritarian legacy;

   Abstract : Democratic backsliding is a gradual process that negatively affects the countries in terms of democracy. The different levels of democracies can face a number of challenges as a result of democratic backsliding and this is due to various factors. For this thesis, the main aim is to find the variables which affect the Turkish case. READ MORE

3. 2. If You Cannot Beat Them, Join Them? An Analysis of Political Party Behaviour Using the Case of the Turkish Republican People’s Party (CHP)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Melisa Erol; [2022]
   Keywords : Turkey; CHP; AKP; political party behaviour; content analysis; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to contribute to the academic debate surrounding how votes affect political party behaviour. To do so, two theories explaining political party behaviour, which belong to opposite camps, will be under focus. These theories are the cleavage theory by Lipset and Rokkan and the voter transition and policy positioning theory. READ MORE

4. 3. Islam in Turkey's foreign policy: 2014-2020

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Ludvig Engström; [2021]
   Keywords : Turkey; Middle East; Erdoğan; AKP; Islam; Islamization; religion; foreign policy; international relations; liberalism; constructivism;

   Abstract : The Islamization of the Turkish state has been the center of much attention since the beginning of Erdoğan’s time in government, and yet a noticeable lack of contemporary analysis surrounding Islam in Turkish foreign policy can be observed. Drawing from the IR theories of liberalism and constructivism, this paper aims to partially fill this gap by examining the effects of Islam on Turkey’s foreign policy between 2014-2020 by means of a qualitative case study. READ MORE

5. 4. The End of 'Turkish Exceptionalism' : Turkish foreign policy re-orientation during Erdoğan's era

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan/Statsvetenskapliga avdelningen

   Author : Carl Bengtsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Turkiet; utrikespolitisk förändring; politisk islam; kemalism;

   Abstract : This study investigates the foreign policy re-orientation Turkey has undergone since the Islamist AKP came to power in 2002. The analysis is conducted by way of a case study and use of the congruence method. The aim of the study is to explain the outcome on the basis of two competing theories, which may also be complementary. READ MORE

6. 5. Kurdish Political Identity within the Realm of Turkish Politics and Kemalism

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om migration, etnicitet och samhälle

   Author : Lemi Caner Saridal; [2019]
   Keywords : Kurdish political identity; Turkish politics; Kemalism;

   Abstract : Kurdish political identity, their quest for recognition has been an everlasting issue in the Turkish politics since the establishment of Turkish Republic (1923). When the Republic was building by the Republican elite during the single-party regime, the Turkish identity and Mustafa Kemal’s principles became constituent elements of Republican agenda which was ideologically aimed to be a modern nation-state that showed no tolerance to those who stayed out of its scope (i. READ MORE