Democratization and the politics of constitution-making in turkey / Ergun Ozbudun and Omer F. Genckaya.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Özbudun, Ergun.

Contributor:

Gençkaya, Ömer Faruk.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--Turkey.

Democratization.

Constitutional history--Turkey.

Constitutional history.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores and illustrates how domestic and international factors shape the direction of democratization process with special reference to constitution making process in Turkey. Describes how all five Turkish constitutions were, by and large, the products of indigenous effort, although borrowing could be felt in certain limited areas. Argues that the constitutional reforms in the post-1983 period were the outco me of broad inter-party negotiations and agree ments as a response to the society's demands for a more democratic and liberal political system. Finally, the constitutional revisions adopted since 1995 were strongly conditioned by Turkey's hope of accession to the European Union. With these reforms, Turkey was successful in meeting the political criteria and started accession negotiations with the EU.

Contents:

The history of constitution-making in Turkey

Initial changes, 1987-1995

Constitutional amendments under EU conditionality 1998-2006

Harmonization packages and other legislative reforms

EU conditionality and democratization process in Turkey

The constitutional crisis of 2007-2008 and the search for a new constitution.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-141) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-71913-9

978-6-15521-169-0

9786155211690

978-615-5211-69-0

615-5211-69-8

1-283-24818-2

9786613248183

1-4416-1810-4

9781003719137

OCLC:

434586579