1. The opposition alliance in Turkey: a viable alternative to Erdoğan?
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Esen, Berk and Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
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politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ,Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ,Turkey ,opposition alliance ,Politikwissenschaft ,ddc:320 ,Türkei ,Innenpolitische Lage/Entwicklung ,Parteienspektrum ,Politische Partei ,Gesellschaftliche/Politische Opposition ,Parteienbündnis ,Kandidaten (Wahl) ,Wahl/Abstimmung ,Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (Türkiye) ,Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip ,Entwicklungsperspektive und -tendenz ,Justice and Development Party (AKP) ,presidential elections ,Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture ,Political science ,National Action Party (MHP) - Abstract
In a remarkable development for Turkish politics, six opposition parties signed a joint manifesto at a public ceremony on 28 February. The document outlines plans to abolish the executive presidential system and restore rule of law and civil liberties under a "strengthened parliamentary system". The successive concentration of power in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s hands has culminated in a hyper-presidential system without meaningful institutional checks. The opposition parties are determined to reverse this process by offering the electorate an alternative political platform supported by a single presidential candidate. If their cooperation generates a pre-electoral alliance for the upcoming elections, the opposition camp dubbed the "Table of Six" has a reasonable chance of defeating Erdoğan and his governing bloc. (author's abstract)
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- 2022