Competing Identities and Turkey’s Future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12416802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yale H Ferguson (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-95 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798716000478 |
| OpenAlex | W2527719145 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
One frequent observation about the contemporary world is that the pace of change appears to be accelerating. Turkey is a case in point, and the same is true of Turkey’s relationships with the Middle East, the European Union, and the wider world. All have continued to evolve at such an astonishing rate that almost the only constant has been change itself. Early in the millennium Turkey appeared to have managed the difficult transition from a long era of military control to a relatively stable elected government and liberal democratic values. That expectation eroded in subsequent years under the rule of Prime Minister (now President) Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), with an unmistakable drift towards a decidedly illiberal democracy – if not outright authoritarianism – and increased violence at home and abroad. At the time of writing (late-July 2016), Turkey has recently experienced a major military coup, a formal state of emergency has been declared, and a sweeping crackdown is occurring that affects virtually every sector of society
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Military government · Pace · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |