Turkish Politics and the Rise of the AKP

Kumbaracibasi, Arda Can

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“…Attesting to this fact is for a decade and a half now the AKP machine has been brilliant at mobilizing support and winning elections (Akdağ, 2014; Baykan, 2018; Ocaklı, 2017). Meanwhile, in contrast to center-right parties, the AKP evaded centrifugal tendencies through its centralized hierarchical party structure (Baykan, 2018) and lack of internal democracy, which for Kumbaracıbaşı (2009) was essential in protecting the party from fragmentation. This is not to suggest that the AKP is a monolithic entity devoid of internal splits.…”

Section: How Different Is the Akp From Previous Governments?mentioning

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Why did Turkish democracy collapse? A political economy account of AKP’s authoritarianism

Esen

Gümüşçü

2020

Party Politics

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After decades of multiparty politics, Turkey is no longer a democracy. A theory-upending case, the country has descended into a competitive authoritarian regime under the Justice and Development Party ( Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi—AKP), despite rising income and education levels and strong links with the West. What accounts for democratic breakdown in such an unlikely case? Instead of ideological and institutional factors, we offer a political economy account. We contend that the coalitional ties that the AKP forged with businesses and the urban poor through the distribution of public resources has altered the cost of toleration for the party leadership and their dependent clients, while reducing the cost of suppression for incumbents. This new political calculus led to increasing authoritarianism of the AKP government through securitization of dissent, mounting repression, and systematic violation of civil liberties.

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Section: How Different Is the Akp From Previous Governments?mentioning

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Why did Turkish democracy collapse? A political economy account of AKP’s authoritarianism

Esen

Gümüşçü

2020

Party Politics

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“…Otherwise known as AKP, this social conservative party with roots in a 1960s Islamic movement [49] won the first majority government since the 1980s, ending over a decade of coalition governance. More notably, AKP drew votes from both conservative and moderate voters [50], winning the parliamentary majority not only in 2002 but also in 2007 and 2011.…”

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Understanding political priority development for public health issues in Turkey: lessons from tobacco control and road safety

Hoe¹,

Rodríguez²,

Üzümcüoğlu³

et al. 2019

Health Res Policy Sys

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BackgroundTobacco use and road traffic injuries are major public health problems in Turkey. During the last decade, the former issue received political priority in the country, while the latter did not despite the immense health and economic burden that road traffic injuries pose on the Turkish population. Political priority can facilitate the attainment of public health goals. Unfortunately, however, limited cross-case analyses exist to help us understand why it emerges for certain public health issues but fails to develop for others in low- and middle-income countries.MethodsThis study utilised Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework to explore the political priority development process in Turkey. A cross-case analysis was conducted, using data gathered from three different sources, namely key informant interviews (n = 42), documents (n = 307) and online self-administered surveys (n = 153). The Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test was also employed to examine whether the relationships within the tobacco control and road safety networks differed significantly.ResultsIn Turkey, political priority emerges when four streams – problem, policy, political and global – converge while a policy window is open. While these findings are largely consistent with the Multiple Streams Framework, this study also shed light on (1) the need to consider global health treaties for urgent public health issues as these instruments can accentuate global norms and standards, (2) the disproportionate strength of the political stream, (3) the need to develop in-depth understanding of national political context, (4) the importance of fostering meaningful ties between global and domestic health networks, and (5) the need for policy network cohesion.ConclusionsFindings from this study can be used by advocates striving to promote public health issues in other similar contexts.

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“…The disillusionment of Turkish people with the parliamentary deadlocks, embedded inequitable patronage networks, and personalized battles among the incumbents provided strong incentives for a change in vote. Along with these, the grassroots organizational strength of the Islamic political parties also led to the coming of Justice and Development Party (AKP) to the power in 2002 (Kumbaracibasi, 2009).…”

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Turkey: Presidential Elections, 2014

Talukdar

2015

Contemporary Review of the Middle East

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The first direct presidential election in Turkey is remarkable because of the thin margin with which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected against the expectations of a massive support. It marks beginning of a new era in Turkish politics indicating widespread discontentment and fear regarding the policies of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). On the other hand, the ruling party has retained its support among conservatives, business, and middle classes, especially in Anatolia region. However, the rise of new political forces in the 2015 general elections that failed to give a clear majority to any group should force the AKP to rethink over its policies, particularly the rising concern of authoritarian behavior and appropriation of power. Further, concerns over crackdown of media and dissent and growing instances of violation of human rights may lead to a backlash from the electorate. The AKP government has also come in from criticism for its handling of the Syrian crisis and its action against Syrian Kurds may turn the fragile peace achieved with its own Kurdish population.

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Turkish Politics and the Rise of the AKP

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Why did Turkish democracy collapse? A political economy account of AKP’s authoritarianism

Why did Turkish democracy collapse? A political economy account of AKP’s authoritarianism

Understanding political priority development for public health issues in Turkey: lessons from tobacco control and road safety

Turkey: Presidential Elections, 2014

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