by Charlotte Bairey | Apr 26, 2019 | University of Chicago
The recent upholding of a Turkish court’s decision to convict dissenting journalists demonstrates that, in the case of Turkey, the use of explicitly anti-democratic politics is woven in with a subtler form of authoritarian control. The use of these more explicit...
by Ian Henson | Apr 21, 2019 | University of Chicago
Constitutions are widely recognized as a critical or essential component to a well-functioning democracy. Although many would agree that the U.S. Constitution is not a perfect document, it has existed as the U.S.’s governing document for over two-hundred years, albeit...
by Gabriel Moran | Apr 11, 2019 | Suffolk University
Around the world, there has been an attack on the media in countries everywhere that experience democratic backsliding. In places like Turkey, Venezuela, Poland and many more, the media remains under attack in most places around the world, with the only states with...
by JOSHUA ANTHONY VARELA | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
On July 15, 2016, an event occurred in Turkey that rarely occurs in mature democracies. The Turkish armed forces initiated a coup d’état against Turkish governmental institutions, namely Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This coup was the bloodiest in the...
by JONAH COOKE KAY | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
A Turkish Tragedy Recent actions taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have put the country in the spotlight due to the proliferate democratic erosion that has been unfolding. Following a military coup and a state of emergency in 2017, President...
