Name: The Ailing Turkish Democracy
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The Ailing Turkish Democracy

The Transformation and Perpetuation of a Hybrid Competitive System

Edited By: Magdalene Antreou

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Turkey's ailing democracy is trapped between liberal and totalitarian rule. This book diagnoses the “disease,” exposing its roots in socio-economic issues, the Kurdish question, and a weak opposition, and analyzes the ruling elite’s conservative response to social change.

Turkey currently has an ailing democratic regime, and the country remains trapped in the gap which separates liberal constitutional regimes from totalitarian regimes. It has…

Turkey currently has an ailing democratic regime, and the country remains trapped in the gap which separates liberal constitutional regimes from totalitarian regimes. It has been trying to join the former camp for decades, but has not yet made substantial progress in this endeavour.

This book documents the four main causes of the “disease” which troubles the Turkish democracy: namely, socio-economic underdevelopment, the dependent middle classes, the perpetuation of the “Kurdish Issue”, and the weak opposition play a significant role in the shaping of the modern Turkish political system. It shows that, following the post-Cold War trend of the developing world of establishing a hybrid majoritarian political system, the Turkish political system constituted the conservative response of the ruling elites to the country’s socio-political changes.

Dr Nikolaos Stelgias is a political scientist, historian, and researcher. He holds a PhD in Political Science and History and an MSc in Ottoman History from the Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences, Greece. During his studies, he was awarded two scholarships from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Onassis Foundation. He specialises in Turkish and Turkish Cypriot history of the twentieth century, and his research focuses on the history, society, politics, economy, and international relations of Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, and the wider Eastern Mediterranean region. His publications include the book The Illiberal Turkish Democracy (2017).