@article{2017:oke:where_is_t,
title = {Where is Turkey heading?M. Kemal Oke},
year = {2017},
note = {This article elaborates the political situation in Turkey in general
and particularly the era of Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP; the
Justice and Development Party). The article is based on observations,
an assessment of the specialist and general media and the analyses of
experts and academic staff. It commences with an analysis of the
perspectives of the current government in terms of ideology,
performance, strategy and tactics, and additionally tries to
understand the phenomena which lie beyond the success. It also
provides some insight into the coup d’état of July 2016 and the
referendum on constitutional change held in April 2017, as well as the
extremely tense political and social atmosphere in Turkey which lay
behind both events and which has been, in turn, influenced by them.
Secondly, the article seeks to estimate where Turkey is likely to be
heading in the next decade. The author concludes that the path is
either radicalisation or normalisation and that, while there are
several important actors who will be influential in deciding which is
to be taken, it is clear that the current position is not a
sustainable one.},
journal = {SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe},
pages = {223--246},
author = {Oke, M. Kemal},
volume = {20},
number = {2}
}