The AKP Since Gezi Park
While the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has dominated Turkish politics for a decade and a half, recent years have seen a qualitative change, culminating in the 2017 referendum on the move to a presidential system. This volume focuses on the later years of AKP rule after the first direct presidential election in 2014. It shows how during this period the AKP has changed the political system and societal dynamics, maintained its electoral predominance, and ultimately opened the way for regime change. This collection of key chapters offers indispensable reading for everyone who wants to understand current Turkish politics and the continued hegemony of the AKP in the countrys political life.
previously published as articles (Vol 19: issue 2 to Vol 22: issue 3) in South European Society and Politics.
Susannah Verney is Associate Professor of European Integration and European Politics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and co-Editor of South European Society and Politics.
Anna Bosco is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Florence, Italy, and co-Editor of South European Society and Politics.
Senem Aydn-Dzgit is Associate Professor of International Relations at Sabanc University, Istanbul, Turkey, and Associate Editor of South European Society and Politics.
South European Society and Politics series
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Susannah Verney, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Anna Bosco, University of Trieste, Italy
The parallel regime transitions of the 1970s, when Southern Europe was the vanguard of the third wave of democratisation, the impact of EU membership and Europeanisation and more recently, the regions central role in the eurozone crisis have all made Southern Europe a distinctive area of interest for social science scholars. The South European Society and Politics book series promotes new empirical research into the domestic politics and society of South European states. The series, open to a broad range of social science approaches, offers comparative thematic volumes covering the region as a whole and on occasion, innovative single-country studies. Its geographical scope includes both old and new Southern Europe, defined as Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Malta and Turkey.
Political Representation in Times of Bailout
Evidence from Greece and Portugal
Edited by Andr Freire, Marco Lisi, Ioannis Andreadis and Jos Manuel Leite Viegas
The 2014 European Parliament Elections in Southern Europe
Still Second Order or Critical Contests?
Edited by Hermann Schmitt and Eftichia Teperoglou
Is Turkey De-Europeanising?
Encounters with Europe in a Candidate Country
Edited by Alper Kaliber and Senem Aydn-Dzgit
Crisis Elections, New Contenders and Government Formation
Breaking the Mould in Southern Europe
Edited by Susannah Verney and Anna Bosco
Italy Transformed
Politics, Society and Institutions at the End of the Great Recession
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The AKP Since Gezi Park
Moving to Regime Change in Turkey
Edited by Susannah Verney, Anna Bosco and Senem Aydn-Dzgit
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The following chapters were originally published in the journal South European Society and Politics. When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Chapter 2
AKP at the Crossroads: Erdoans Majoritarian Drift
Ergun zbudun
South European Society and Politics, volume 19, issue 2 (June 2014), pp. 155167
Chapter 3
Islamisation of Turkey under the AKP Rule: Empowering Family, Faith and Charity
Ayhan Kaya
South European Society and Politics, volume 20, issue 1 (March 2015), pp. 4769
Chapter 4
An Unfinished Grassroots Populism: The Gezi Park Protests in Turkey and their Aftermath
Hayriye zen
South European Society and Politics, volume 20, issue 4 (December 2015), pp. 533552
Chapter 5
Emergence of a Dominant Party System after Multipartyism: Theoretical Implications from the Case of the AKP in Turkey
Pelin Ayan Musil
South European Society and Politics, volume 20, issue 1 (March 2015), pp. 7192
Chapter 6
Plus a Change Plus Cest la Mme Chose: Consolidation of the AKPs Predominance in the March 2014 Local Elections in Turkey
Ali arkolu
South European Society and Politics, volume 19, issue 2 (June 2014), pp. 169192
Chapter 7
Turkish Popular Presidential Elections: Deepening Legitimacy Issues and Looming Regime Change
Ersin Kalaycolu
South European Society and Politics, volume 20, issue 2 (June 2015), pp. 157179
Chapter 8
Winds of Change? The June 2015 Parliamentary Elections in Turkey
zge Kemahlolu
South European Society and Politics, volume 20, issue 4 (December 2015), pp. 445464
Chapter 9
Back to a Predominant Party System: The November 2015 Snap Election in Turkey
Sabri Sayar
South European Society and Politics, volume 21, issue 2 (June 2016), pp. 263280
Chapter 10
Taking Sides: Determinants of Support for a Presidential System in Turkey
