From Democratization to Security Politics: The Transformation of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party
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INTRODUCTION.. 3
PART I 25
CHAPTER I 27
Glimpse into Conceptual Toolbox
CHAPTER II 47
19th Century Reforms: The Tragedy of Turkish Soul
CHAPTER III 91
Transformation of the AKP: A Puzzling and Eventful Journey
Part II 95
CHAPTER IV.. 97
Reformism and Co-habitation with Secularist Establishment (2002-2007)
CHAPTER V.. 135
Consolidation of Power and Disarticulation of Secularist Establishment (2007-2011)
CHAPTER VI 175
From Electoral Hegemony to Systemic Domination (2011-2016)
CHAPTER VII 207
2016-2021: Systemic Domination
AKP IN POWER: A DIZZYING JOURNEY THROUGH CONSERVATISM.. 265
In this insightful book, Fatih Ceran offers a retrospective analysis of the two decade rule of AKP in Turkey and explores into the question on everyone’s mind: "How did we get here?" Putting the Securitization Approach of Copenhagen School at work and employing critical discourse analysis at every level Ceran provides a nuanced examination of the complex political and social dynamics that shaped contemporary Turkey.
Samim AKGÖNÜL, University of Strasbourg
With a focus on democratic rights that have been promoted and demoted by the same political figures as their collective and personal interests changed, the book provides on how the AKP first reformed and then drifted down the authoritaran path.
İştar Gözaydın, ELIAMEP Fellow, Winner of Human Rights Award of University of Oslo
This book sheds new light on Turkey’s transformation from an imperfect parliamentary democracy to an a la Turca presidential system and puts forward a multidimensional analysis on how the Political Islamists made inroads into country’s secularist political system and then obtained full contol over it. Ceran’s masterful and meticulous analysis is a must read for students and scholars of contemporary Turkey.
Ahmet Erdi Ozturk, London Metropolitan University
About the author
Dr. Fatih Ceran is a physicist-turned-political scientist who is primarily interested in policymaking in security issues, democracy/democratization, mass/political communication, discourse analysis, modernity/ modernization, nation/state building and philosophy of science. His master’s thesis entitled “Modernization of Turkey and Its Influence on Civic Identity” served as a prequel to his PhD dissertation, “From De-securitization to Re-securitization: The Formation and Transformation of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party” from which this book has been morphed into. He has been involved in education, civil society activism, public relations and political translation works in different countries. He has done academic work in Beykent University in the past and is currently teaching at Haliç University in Istanbul.
