Western democracy and the AKP : a dialogical analysis of Turkey's democratic crisis / Mehmet Celil Çelebi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Çelebi, Mehmet Celil, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AK Parti (Turkey).

Political parties--Turkey.

Political parties.

Democracy--Turkey.

Democracy.

Islam and politics--Turkey.

Islam and politics.

East and West.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 215 pages).

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

Mehmet Celil ßelebi is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science and International Relations Department at Abdullah G|l University. His work focuses on Turkish politics and democracy. His latest publication was titled "Mincing Words: The Three Layers of the AKP's Narrative on Kurdish Politics" for the journal Nationalism & Ethnic Politics (2020).

Contents:

Introduction : the AKP's new Turkey as a conceptual and theoretical problem

Turkish democracy, the Kemalist army and the quest for recognition until 1980

The rise and transformation of Islamism in Turkey, 1970-

The AKP on the defensive : crafting a democratic identity out of an Islamist identity, 2002-

The AKP's identity in limbo, 2008-

The tyranny of the national will and the West : authoritarianization as securitization

Conclusions; or, three lessons from the AKP's story.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 12, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Çelebi, Mehmet Celil. Western democracy and the AKP

ISBN:

9781003252269

1003252265

9781000818499

1000818497

9781000818529

1000818527

Publisher Number:

40031515268

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