Turkey's political leaders : authoritarian tendencies in a democratic state / Tezcan Gümüş.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gümüş, Tezcan, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies on modern Turkey.

Edinburgh studies on modern Turkey

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Turkey.

Democracy.

Political leadership--Turkey.

Political leadership.

Turkey--Politics and government.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This longitudinal study reveals how the conduct of political leaders has been central to the shortcomings of the Turkey's democratic system. The most prominent political leaders, from the birth of the Republic until today, have all displayed a desire to sustain their rule through authoritarian and undemocratic measures. This has ensured efforts to improve, strengthen and respect democratic institutions and practices have been weak or non-existent across the multi-party era. In turn, the chapters identify how the leaders' values, beliefs and practices underwritten by authoritarianism, have resulted in the tenuous existence of democracy, oscillating between simply enduring and failure during the periods they occupied the seats of political power. By looking at the Turkish experience, the book also offers comparative lessons and insights into the role political leaders play in the survival or failure of democracy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Turkish Pronunciation, Style and Spelling

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 1950-60: Democracy under the Democrats, a New Game Built on Past Rules

2 1961-71: The Rise of Süleyman Demirel

3 1971-80: Years of Strife - The Battle between Süleyman Demirel and Bülent Ecevit

4 1983-93: Turgut Özal and the Penchant for One-man Rule

5 1993-2002: The 1990s and the Crises of Democracy

6 2002-15: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a Democracy Dismantled

7 2015-21: President Erdoğan and the Institutionalisation of Single-man Rule

Conclusion

Epilogue

References

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Mar 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-3995-0010-4

1-3995-0011-2

OCLC:

1394872970