1. Turkey's Slide into Authoritarianism.
- Author
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Bekdil, Burak
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AUTHORITARIANISM , *CIVIL-military relations , *GULEN movement , *ISLAM & state , *GOVERNMENT policy , *TWENTY-first century , *POLITICAL participation ,SOCIAL aspects ,ATTEMPTED coup, Turkey, 2016 ,TURKISH politics & government - Abstract
The article discusses the increasing authoritarianism of the Islamist Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his tenure throughout the early 21st century, including the impact that attempted July 15, 2016 coup d'etat had on authoritarianism in Turkey. The role that military officers and members of the Gülen movement played in the July 2016 coup, including the possible role that Muslim preacher Fetullah Gülen played in planning the coup, is discussed.
- Published
- 2017