Buch, Englisch, 44 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 200 g
Reihe: PRIF Reports
New Conflict Lines and the Challenges for Democratic Consolidation in Turkey
Buch, Englisch, 44 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 200 g
Reihe: PRIF Reports
ISBN: 978-3-946459-05-7
Verlag: PRIF – Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
This report recapitulates the political developments that Turkey has gone
through since the AKP took office in 2002, and which have changed the landscape
of political identities. The AKP rule accounts for certain leaps forward in
Turkey’s democratization process. A new civic consciousness has emerged and
surfaced in the Gezi Park protest. The government‘s reactions were repressive
and uncompromising: growing control of the media and disregard of fundamental
rights made it to the international headlines and are cause for concern.
However, Turkey is not necessarily heading towards ever greater authoritarianism.
The segments of Turkish society that demand their rights to participation and
freedom fuel the struggle for further democratization. European politics can back
this process through cultural diplomacy and the accession criteria but needs to
be a reliable negotiating partner to meet this end.
