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Article detail · 2018

The Perils of “Turkish Presidentialism”

Journal

Review of Middle East Studies
OpenAlex Open access · green SJR Q4 Citations 41 Top 10% Percentile 98.4% FWCI 14.52
Year
2018
DOI
10.1017/rms.2018.10
Type
article

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Abstract

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Abstract Turkey has switched to a presidential system via a referendum held in April 2017 that will take full effect after the 2019 presidential elections. Turkish presidentialism increases the prominence of the executive at the expense of the legislative branch and concentrates power in the office of the president. Executive aggrandizement will deepen ideological polarization and electoral mobilization by significantly raising the stakes of the game for both the incumbent and the opposition. As such, we posit that the new presidential system will institutionalize the de facto personalism and majoritarian rule that the AKP has hitherto established in recent years. This trend is likely to trigger a transition from a competitive authoritarian to hegemonic electoral authoritarianism in case of Tayyip Erdoğan's election, thus placing Turkey on par with the strongest executive systems around the globe such as Russia and Venezuela.

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41 citations

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13 publications in the local catalog that cite this work (OpenAlex reference match; not the full global list).

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  7. The Return of the State and Its Alla Turca Version 2024 Citations 2 · OpenAlex
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  9. The reflections on social media of the statement of the nation alliance’s strengthened parliamentary system in Turkey 2024 Citations 1 · OpenAlex
  10. Transformation and Challenges in the Governmental System in Turkey: The Turkish Type of Presidentalism 2023 Citations 1 · OpenAlex

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