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The Justice and Development Party in Turkey Turkishpoliticswasdramaticallyreshapedintheearly2000sfollowing thedeclineoftheIslamistNationalViewandtheelectoralbreakthrough of the new Justice and Development Party (JDP), headed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Alongside its Islamist credentials, Erdoğan’s JDP consistentlyandconvincinglypresenteditselfasthe‘populist’defender ofthedowntroddensectorsofTurkishsociety.However,withErdoğan’s riseasthepopularlyelectedpresidentin2014,Turkey’salreadyfragile democraticsystemwaspushedinamoreauthoritariandirection. Shiftingthefocusawayfromstructuralfactors,thisbookanalysesthe politicalappealandorganizationoftheJDPthatgrantedthepartysuch unprecedentedelectoralresilience.Withcriticalbutaccessibletheoret- icaldiscussions,ToygarSinanBaykanlocatestheJDPwithinthewider literature of populism, Islamist party politics, party organizations and authoritarianism.Morethanfiftyin-depthinterviewsalsohelptorelate the intimate story of Turkey’s socio-cultural divides and the JDP’s intra-party organizational dynamics, thereby offering a fresh account ofTurkishpolitics. Toygar Sinan Baykan is Assistant Professor of Political Science and PublicAdministrationatKirklareliUniversity.HeattendedtheMiddle EastTechnical University and Leiden University forhispost-graduate studies and has a master’s degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He received his PhD in politics from the University of Sussex, with his dissertation focusing on the populism and organization of the JDP in Turkey. HisreviewshaveappearedinPartyPoliticsandPoliticalStudiesReview. His research interests include party politics, comparative politics and populism. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:56, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:56, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725 The Justice and Development Party in Turkey Populism, Personalism, Organization Toygar Sinan Baykan KirklareliUniversity Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:56, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725 UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108480871 DOI:10.1017/9781108570725 ©ToygarSinanBaykan2018 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2018 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyClaysLtd,ElcografS.p.A. AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Baykan,ToygarSinan,author. Title:TheJusticeandDevelopmentPartyinTurkey:populism,personalism, organization/ToygarSinanBaykan. Description:Cambridge;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress,2018. |Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2018030099|ISBN9781108480871(hardback)| ISBN9781108461658(paperback) Subjects:LCSH:AKParti(Turkey)|Turkey–Politicsandgovernment–1980- |Turkey–Foreignrelations. Classification:LCCJQ1809.A8A43392018|DDC324.2561/04–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2018030099 ISBN978-1-108-48087-1Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:56, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725 The Justice and Development Party in Turkey Turkishpoliticswasdramaticallyreshapedintheearly2000sfollowing thedeclineoftheIslamistNationalViewandtheelectoralbreakthrough of the new Justice and Development Party (JDP), headed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Alongside its Islamist credentials, Erdoğan’s JDP consistentlyandconvincinglypresenteditselfasthe‘populist’defender ofthedowntroddensectorsofTurkishsociety.However,withErdoğan’s riseasthepopularlyelectedpresidentin2014,Turkey’salreadyfragile democraticsystemwaspushedinamoreauthoritariandirection. Shiftingthefocusawayfromstructuralfactors,thisbookanalysesthe politicalappealandorganizationoftheJDPthatgrantedthepartysuch unprecedentedelectoralresilience.Withcriticalbutaccessibletheoret- icaldiscussions,ToygarSinanBaykanlocatestheJDPwithinthewider literature of populism, Islamist party politics, party organizations and authoritarianism.Morethanfiftyin-depthinterviewsalsohelptorelate the intimate story of Turkey’s socio-cultural divides and the JDP’s intra-party organizational dynamics, thereby offering a fresh account ofTurkishpolitics. Toygar Sinan Baykan is Assistant Professor of Political Science and PublicAdministrationatKirklareliUniversity.HeattendedtheMiddle EastTechnical University and Leiden University forhispost-graduate studies and has a master’s degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He received his PhD in politics from the University of Sussex, with his dissertation focusing on the populism and organization of the JDP in Turkey. HisreviewshaveappearedinPartyPoliticsandPoliticalStudiesReview. His research interests include party politics, comparative politics and populism. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725 The Justice and Development Party in Turkey Populism, Personalism, Organization Toygar Sinan Baykan KirklareliUniversity Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725 UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108480871 DOI:10.1017/9781108570725 ©ToygarSinanBaykan2018 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2018 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyClaysLtd,ElcografS.p.A. AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Baykan,ToygarSinan,author. Title:TheJusticeandDevelopmentPartyinTurkey:populism,personalism, organization/ToygarSinanBaykan. Description:Cambridge;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress,2018. |Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2018030099|ISBN9781108480871(hardback)| ISBN9781108461658(paperback) Subjects:LCSH:AKParti(Turkey)|Turkey–Politicsandgovernment–1980- |Turkey–Foreignrelations. Classification:LCCJQ1809.A8A43392018|DDC324.2561/04–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2018030099 ISBN978-1-108-48087-1Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:58, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725 The Justice and Development Party in Turkey Turkishpoliticswasdramaticallyreshapedintheearly2000sfollowing thedeclineoftheIslamistNationalViewandtheelectoralbreakthrough of the new Justice and Development Party (JDP), headed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Alongside its Islamist credentials, Erdoğan’s JDP consistentlyandconvincinglypresenteditselfasthe‘populist’defender ofthedowntroddensectorsofTurkishsociety.However,withErdoğan’s riseasthepopularlyelectedpresidentin2014,Turkey’salreadyfragile democraticsystemwaspushedinamoreauthoritariandirection. Shiftingthefocusawayfromstructuralfactors,thisbookanalysesthe politicalappealandorganizationoftheJDPthatgrantedthepartysuch unprecedentedelectoralresilience.Withcriticalbutaccessibletheoret- icaldiscussions,ToygarSinanBaykanlocatestheJDPwithinthewider literature of populism, Islamist party politics, party organizations and authoritarianism.Morethanfiftyin-depthinterviewsalsohelptorelate the intimate story of Turkey’s socio-cultural divides and the JDP’s intra-party organizational dynamics, thereby offering a fresh account ofTurkishpolitics. Toygar Sinan Baykan is Assistant Professor of Political Science and PublicAdministrationatKirklareliUniversity.HeattendedtheMiddle EastTechnical University and Leiden University forhispost-graduate studies and has a master’s degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He received his PhD in politics from the University of Sussex, with his dissertation focusing on the populism and organization of the JDP in Turkey. HisreviewshaveappearedinPartyPoliticsandPoliticalStudiesReview. His research interests include party politics, comparative politics and populism. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:57, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Namik Kemal Universitesi, on 14 Apr 2020 at 20:23:57, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108570725
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