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...
by Itai Grofman | Feb 23, 2022 | University of Chicago
Aspiring autocrats face a variety of obstacles. Domestically, institutional resistance, robust democratic culture, and the sort of political difficulties that affect all politicians can slow, or even halt, democratic backsliding. And yet, one obstacle that seems to be...
by VTRENGA21@KU.EDU.TR | Jan 21, 2022 | Koç University
On 20 November 2021, the President of the Republic of Serbia, Alexander Vucic, gave an interview in Belgrade, where he discussed the most important issues affecting his country today. Asked how he felt about the fact that the US did not invite him to the Democracy...
by Andrew Cotter | Dec 9, 2021 | University of Utah
Erdogan speaks at a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 17, 2021. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP) In a speech on Saturday, October 23, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to expel ambassadors from ten western countries, including the United States. This threat...
