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Erdoğan's presidential regime and strategic legalism: Turkish democracy in the twilight zone.
- Source :
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Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea Studies . Jun2020, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p265-287. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- President Erdoğan and the AKP government initiated a comprehensive restoration process immediately after the failed coup in mid-July 2016. In fact, the country has been experiencing a very comprehensive and violent regime transformation since this time. I assert that recent political developments paved the way for institutionalization of a 'plebiscitary presidential regime' that depends on a particular combination of supreme power of the leader, an extremely weak parliament, and elections of a plebiscitary character. In this context, the paper aims to shed light on the role of the new strategic legalism which allows rule of law to be replaced by a rule by law approach, the executive prerogative principle to be dominant, and the law to be used for demobilization, all playing a highly critical role in the suppression of democratic opposition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *DEMOCRACY
*POLITICAL development
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14683857
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145107472
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2020.1745418