The Dual State in Turkey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2631496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Serdar Tekin (0000-0001-8523-0435, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 34 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European journal of Turkish studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1773-0546 • E-ISSN: 1773-0546 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejts.8000 |
| OpenAlex | W4383960885 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 31 |
Exploring the post-2015 phase in Turkey’s autocratization process through a conceptual perspective based on Ernst Fraenkel’s The Dual State, this paper argues that Turkey’s political regime has evolved into a dual system of rule, characterized by the concurrent existence of a “normative state” that somehow observes its own laws and a “prerogative state” acting arbitrarily beyond the law. The paper begins with a selective survey of the recent work on contemporary forms of authoritarianism. The following section introduces Fraenkel’s original conception of the dual state and offers an interpretive outline regarding its analytical value for contemporary studies of autocratization. Portraying the post-election period in 2015 as a critical juncture in the formation of the dual state in Turkey, I then explore how a sweeping wave of securitization along with the extensive abuse of emergency powers created an extralegal sphere and fostered a comprehensive institutional transformation towards dual state. The article’s final section discusses what is new about this transformation in the broader context of Turkish constitutional history
Law and economics · Normative · Political science · Politics · Prerogative · Principle of legality · Sociology · State formation · State of exception · Turkish · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Turkey's Politics and Society
Democracy Disfigured
Turkey’s Judiciary and the Drift Toward Competitive Authoritarianism
The Dual State
The Remnants of the Rechtsstaat
Dialectics of Reform and Repression
Politics and Criminal Justice
Existential insecurity and the making of a weak authoritarian regime in Turkey
Erdoğan’s presidential regime and strategic legalism
Understanding Turkey’s democratic breakdown
Security
The Politics of Uncertainty
Securitization Theory. How Security Problems Emerge and Dissolve
Competitive Authoritarianism
Academics for Peace” in Turkey
Reversing regimes and concepts
How to Lose a Constitutional Democracy
Rising competitive authoritarianism in Turkey
Constitutionalism
The permanency of the state of emergency in Turkey
The Authoritarian Resurgence
Mobile emergency rule in Turkey
A third wave of autocratization is here
Toward a new political regime in Turkey
The Dual State in Russia
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |