Democracy, Opposition, and Europeanisation and its Reversal in Turkey

Armağan Öztürk completed his undergraduate education at Hacettepe University’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Turkey. He worked as a research assistant at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Turkey. Öztürk completed his doctorate at the same university and his studies have largely concentrated political philosophy, political theory and political sociology. Öztürk is the author of Liberal Adalet (Liberal Justice) and Cumhuriyetçilik ve Liberalism (Republicanism and Liberalism), and is the editor of the book series ‘Discussions on Turkey’, Political Culture of Turkey in the Rule of the AKP and The Transformation of Publicity in Turkey and The Transformation of Public Sphere.

H. Kutay Ayuğ graduated from Dokuz Eylül University’s Department of Business Administration, Turkey, where he earned his PhD in European studies. He was a faculty member in the department of Political Sciences and Public Administration at Artvin Çoruh University, Turkey, between 2013 and 2017. Since 2017, he has been a faculty member of the Political Sciences and International Relations Department at Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey. He has published work on the topics of Europeanisation, European integration, hybrid warfare, EU tourism policy, alternative tourism, and EU-Türkiye relations.