Turkey’s Democratization Challenge in the Age of the AKP Hegemony”

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• What is democracy ?
• Democratic process 40s-80s
• AKPs foundation
• Democratic structure of Turkey
• AKP term

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Mustafa Kemal defines democracy as it is individual and says “this qualification is participating in governing, having the title of human.” And, also he comments; “Rulers, do not come to rule by reign but serve citizens.”

40s and 50s

• Democracy starts with multi-party system
• Incidents between 40-50 caused undemocratization

1980

• SOMETIMES COUP HAPPENS

Between 40s-80s

• What Happened?
• The causes and effects
• Results

Democracy in the Age of AKP-2015

What are they?

• Gezi Parkı Incidents
• Paralel Yapı
• Resolution Process
• Freedom of Media
• Ergenekon
• Corruption Allegations

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Gezi Parkı Incidents

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PARALEL YAPI

Resolution Process

Freedom of Media

Money Laundering

How did we come here?

Foundation of AKP

AKP's Conservative Identity

• AKP puts itself aside then other parties that are islamic and based on ethnicity, at the level of being a mass party.

Conservative Democracy

• Conservative democracy is a term coined by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey to describe their prevailing political outlook on social and moral issues.

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• The AKP's conservative democratic ideology has been described as a departure from or moderation of Islamic democracy and the endorsement of more secular and democratic values

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