Exit from Democracy : Illiberal Governance in Turkey and Beyond (Paperback)

Introduction: Turkey’s Exit from Democracy Kerem Oktem, Karabekir Akkoyunlu Making Sense of Turkey’s Transition 1. Understanding Turkey’s democratic breakdown: old vs. new and indigenous vs. global authoritarianism Murat Somer 2. Existential insecurity and the making of a weak authoritarian regime in TurkeyKarabekir Akkoyunlu, Kerem Oktem Illiberal governance in comparative perspective 3. Decoding the authoritarian code: exercising ‘legitimate’ power politics through ruling parties in Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia Cengiz Gunayand Vedran Dzihic 4. Examining state capacity in the context of electoral authoritarianism, regime formation and consolidation in Russia and Turkey David Whiteand Marc Herzog 5. Strong presidents and weak institutions: populism in Turkey, Venezuela and Ecuador Orcun Selcuk Hegemonic struggles: Manufacturing consent and discontent 6. Populism as the problem child of democracy: the AKP’s enduring appeal and the use of meso-level actors Bilge Yabanci 7. Turkey’s Diyanet under AKP rule: from protector to imposer of state ideology? Ahmet Erdi Ozturk 8. Creating a pious generation: youth and education policies of the AKP in Turkey Demet Lukuslu 9. Conflict and reconciliation between Turks and Kurds: the HDP as an agonistic actor Omer Tekdemir 10. The ambiguities of democratic autonomy: the Kurdish movement in Turkey and Rojava Michiel Leezenberg