Turkey Under Erdogan: How a Country Turned from Democracy and the West

Dimitar Bechev

Published by Yale University Press 2022

Turkey Under Erdogan

How a Country Turned from Democracy and the West

Dimitar Bechev

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300265019

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An incisive account of Erdoğan’s Turkey – showing how its troubling transformation may be short-lived

Since coming to power in 2002 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has overseen a radical transformation of Turkey. Once a pillar of the Western alliance, the country has embarked on a militaristic foreign policy, intervening in regional flashpoints from Nagorno-Karabakh to Libya. And its democracy, sustained by the aspiration to join the European Union, has given way to one-man rule.

Dimitar Bechev traces the political trajectory of Erdoğan’s populist regime, from the era of reform and prosperity in the 2000s to the effects of the war in neighboring Syria. In a tale of missed opportunities, Bechev explores how Turkey parted ways with the United States and Europe, embraced Putin’s Russia and other revisionist powers, and replaced a frail democratic regime with an authoritarian one. Despite this, he argues that Turkey’s democratic instincts are resilient, its economic ties to Europe are as strong as ever, and Erdoğan will fail to achieve a fully autocratic regime.

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Dimitar Bechev is Lecturer at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), University of Oxford. He is the author of Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe and coeditor of Russia Rising: Putin’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
MAPS Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
TIMELINE Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION: THE STRONGMAN’S PLAYBOOK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 THE PAST ISN’T ANOTHER COUNTRY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2 TURKEY IN THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3 GOLDEN YEARS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4 “ZERO PROBLEMS WITH NEIGHBORS” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
5 A RUDE AWAKENING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
6 ERDOĞAN WINS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
7 THE NEW TURKEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
8 “OUR SO-CALLED STRATEGIC PARTNER” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
9 THE PURSUIT OF POWER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
10 EUROPE: FROM PARTNERSHIP TO RIVALRY? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
EPILOGUE What Next? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
CONTEMPORARY TURKEY: A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 320

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Published: March 2, 2022
ISBN: 9780300265019