Authoritarianism in Turkey

Abstract

Turkey is a member of NATO and has long been upheld by the West as proof that a Muslim-majority state can maintain a stable democracy. However, the current regime seeks to establish executive power over the judiciary in a move that would violate the separation of powers. This demonstrates an attempt by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to subjugate the state without oversight from other parties or branches of government. As constitutional talks have broken down and no new draft is scheduled, any attempt to institutionalize a new system of government has met with failure. Executive decrees and legislation indicate this regime s authoritarian proclivities, which have precluded EU membership despite initial efforts to the contrary. This thesis applies the authoritarian models of Juan Linz to examine Turkey s political system. Results indicate Turkey should be classified as an authoritarian state, both before and after the rise of the AKP.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA620547

Entities

People

  • Clifford W. Anderson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Rights
  • Congress
  • European Union
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personality
  • Political Ideologies
  • Political Movements
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Psychology
  • Social Media
  • Sociopolitics

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.