Republican Citizenship in Turkey: Historical Development, Perceptions and Practices

Kardam, Filiz

doi:10.1080/00263206.2011.535677

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“…The Teskilat-i Esasiye Law (General Constitution) of 1921 is a substantial step towards democracy, which adopted the Rousseauian principles of popular sovereignty and unity of powers. Along this line, the parliament held all the powers including the executive branch, which emerged as a separate power from within the legislative branch (Kardam and Cengiz 2011). However, the ministers were chosen by the legislative body one by one.…”

Section: The Brief Constitutional History Of Contemporary Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%

Turkey’s constitutional amendments: a critical perspective

Öztürk

Gözaydın²

2017

Research and Policy on Turkey

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Although Turkey has largely maintained the constitutional tradition inherited from the Ottomans, and has been ruled by the parliamentary system since its establishment, in 1923, the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi-AKP), which is one of the most controversial political structures in Turkish political history, has changed the accustomed system into a Turkish type of presidential one. Furthermore, this important decision was taken in a plebiscite held under state of emergency conditions, after the failed coup attempt and in an authoritarian political atmosphere that has been gradually increasing for more than half a decade. In this regard, this article explains two major points; the constitutional history of contemporary Turkey with its Ottoman background, and the AKP's political journey that is a swing from hope to oppression. Yet, additionally, the article clarifies the minuteae of the amended constitution which are related to human rights and liberties. Lastly, it argues that the proposed constitution will neither reveal a new system, nor will it constitute a democratic sociopolitical environment and an advanced human rights constitution.

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Section: The Brief Constitutional History Of Contemporary Turkeymentioning

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Turkey’s constitutional amendments: a critical perspective

Öztürk

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2017

Research and Policy on Turkey

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“…Thus, other than Muslimhood, ‘the early Republican elite considered any kind of group identity to be an obstacle to the making of a modern “ gesellschaft ” ’ (Kardam and Cengiz :154). Despite this approach, which considers Muslimhood and the Turkish language as the sine qua non of non‐minority statuses within Turkishness, there are other approaches that consider the construction of Turkish nationhood around ethnic aspects on the basis of various Turkification policies in the first decades of the Republic.…”

Section: Modernity and National Identitymentioning

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An Anatomy of Nationhood and the Question of Assimilation: Debates on Turkishness Revisited

2015

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Scholars have primarily debated the anatomy of Turkishness within the framework of an ethnic versus civic dichotomy. Arguing that such an approach would be inconclusive and less explanatory, this article approaches Turkishness from a singularity/plurality framework. First, the article emphasizes the singular nature of Turkishness – defined as monolithic nationhood – in the early Republican years that rejected any alternative identity approaches other than the definition of the state elites. Second, the article argues that the homogenization of the nation by the new state targeted those who considered themselves Turks as well, especially those who did not fit the ‘ideal’ or ‘imagined’ Turk (i.e. Muslim but secular, urban, and Western). The final section analyses the persistence and change in the monolithic nationhood in Turkey throughout the twentieth century and considers the implications of the state's recent identity policies on the meaning of Turkishness.

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Political Culture of Turkish Water Bureaucracy

Oktem¹

2016

Water Politics and Political Culture

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Republican Citizenship in Turkey: Historical Development, Perceptions and Practices

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Turkey’s constitutional amendments: a critical perspective

Turkey’s constitutional amendments: a critical perspective

An Anatomy of Nationhood and the Question of Assimilation: Debates on Turkishness Revisited

Political Culture of Turkish Water Bureaucracy

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