Turkey's 'authoritarian turn'in recent years indicates a democratic breakdown that can best
be analysed by analytically distinguishing between two simultaneous developments. The …

Under the Justice and Development Party AKP and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey has
become one of the most polarized countries in the world, and has undergone a significant …

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 …

The central cleavage of Turkish politics has created a fertile ground for certain parties to
adopt a populist strategy since the first free and fair elections in 1950. In contemporary …

Turkey was shown as a model country by Western capitals in the early 2000s because it
successfully embraced the neoliberal economic path and “moderate Islamist” values. In the …

In countries around the world, politicians distribute patronage jobs to supporters in
exchange for a wide range of political services–such as helping with campaigns and …

Although theories of partisanship were developed for the democratic context, partisanship
can be important in electoral autocracies as well. We use survey data to analyze …

Understanding the dynamics of vote-buying is essential for improving accountability in
elections in developing democracies. While list experiments are useful for attenuating social …

How does a locally-managed conditional cash transfer program impact trust in government?
On the one hand, delivering monetary benefits and increasing interactions with government …

The growth of interdisciplinary work in Turkish Studies has increased the likelihood that the
findings will reach an audience in the academic world beyond those specializing in Turkey's …