by Erem Bilgesu | Jan 5, 2023 | Sabanci University
Recently, the global rise of democratic regimes that began in the 1970s with the Third Wave of Democratization has come to a halt. In its place, many countries have experienced democratic backsliding and a resurgence of authoritarian rule. Across different regions,...
by May Li | May 17, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
Turkey was once the beacon of democratic liberalism in the East, outside of the Western powers. However, under its current leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party, Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkey became the prime example of democratic backsliding...
by Catherine Kasparyan | May 2, 2022 | Brown University
In April 2021, President Biden became the first U.S. President to refer to the systematic killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as a genocide, after years of Armenian Americans, Armenians around the world, and affiliated groups calling for this...
by Alin Khrimian | Apr 30, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
For years, Turkey was hailed as being an exemplary case of a rare, developing, and withstanding secular democracy in a Muslim-majority society. However, under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his AKP party, Turkey has undergone a significant democratic...
by Hannah Kesner | Apr 27, 2022 | University of Georgia
Throughout recent years, Turkey has shown many characteristics of democratic backsliding under the leadership of President Erdogan and his party, the Justice and Development Party. One of the key symptoms of democratic erosion is the banning of opposition parties and...
