Abstract Since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 Turkey has
undergone double regime transitions. First, tutelary democracy ended; second, a …

Today's Turkey little resembles that of recent decades. Newfound economic prosperity has
had many unexpected social and political repercussions, most notably the rise of the AKP …

Over the past two decades, many states have heard demands that they recognize and
apologize for historic wrongs. Such calls have not elicited uniform or predictable responses …

What were the dynamics behind the July 15 2016 coup attempt in Turkey? At a time when
academic literature has been focusing on the dissolution of the country's military tutelary …

“In the past ten to twenty years the global political economy picture has dramatically
changed with the emergence of the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and, notably, China …

Public administration implements government policies through prudent administrative
practices and state capacity. Based on Asia's political and administrative proficiency and …

Elected governments sometimes deal with protests by authorizing the police to use less-
lethal tools of repression: water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets, and the like. When these …

" In the past two decades, democratically elected executives across the world have used
their popularity to push for legislation that, over time, destroys systems of checks and …

The 2016 post-coup attempt measures in Turkey have been evaluated as a process of
backsliding on civic rights and freedoms. This contribution takes a slightly different …

Recent democratic performance of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma
Partisi) indicates the dissolution of its original liberal ambiguity in ways that hinder the …