The New Turkey's Challenges
If street violence undermines the nation's security and stability, the country might end up short of a stable environment to build a more democratic political system.
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Turkish, Moroccan Experts Discuss Regional Issues
Political scientists from Turkey and Morocco gathered to analyze the issues that both the region and the two countries face.
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Having successfully overcome internal and external crises in its first decade in power, the AK Party must now prepare for coming challenges while keeping its legacy in mind.
In democratic regimes, how do political parties and leaders with prolonged tenures shelter themselves from the devastating effects of governing?
The main theme of the meeting related to Turkey's need to design a unique type of presidential system in light of its own democratic progress.
Last week, Erdoğan attended a conference on Turkey's transition to presidentialism at the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) and stressed that the political leadership was "addressing issues that the Ottoman-Turkish modernization project had ignored for two centuries to build the system of government anew."
False Nostalgia about the Parliamentary System in Turkey
The parliamentary system in Turkey did not isolate or end the antidemocratic means of intervention in democratic processes.
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Turkey with Erdogan is Avoiding Chaos
Erdogan's role in Turkey is crucial as civil wars and terrorist networks wreak havoc along its borders.
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The AK Party derived its power from three main sources: First, a discourse of civilization allowed the movement to incorporate various political ideologies into its own platform
The integrative modernization understanding of the AK Party comprising different races, cultures and social structures, unlike the opposition parties, makes the party the main actor in Turkish politics.
