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...
by NEFTHALY RIVERA-ALVARADO | Mar 14, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
As seen in several cases of democratic erosion, cunning politicians get publicly elected on a popular platform, and as soon as their shoes hit the floor of their shiny new office they change their entire platform. The president was democratically elected but is not...
by JACOB MICHAEL AWRABI | Mar 14, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
When examining democratic erosion, a prime example of a brief case study is that of Turkey. Through an array of authoritarian tactics, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has increasingly seized unchecked executive power. As a result, Erdogan has created...
by Shravan Balaji | Mar 14, 2018 | University of Pennsylvania
On April 16, 2017, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) celebrated the passage of their landmark Constitutional referendum by a margin of 51.4% to 48.6%. 85% of registered voters turned out for the election, with over 98% of the...
