Courts in semi-democratic/authoritarian regimes: the judicialization of Turkish (and Iranian) politics

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dc.citation.epage303en_US
dc.citation.spage283en_US
dc.contributor.authorShambayati, H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-12T13:37:56Z
dc.date.available2018-04-12T13:37:56Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Political Science and Public Administrationen_US
dc.description.abstractTurkey is not a typical authoritarian or democratic regime. For much of the past six decades Turkey has held regular multiparty and reasonably free and fair elections. Power has changed hands numerous times, and governments have come to office and left as a result of elections. Furthermore, even though the Turkish military has intervened in the political process on a number of occasions, unlike in most other developing countries, the periods of direct military rule have been relatively short (1960-1962 and 1980-1983). Finally, for much of the past half-century, Turkey has had lively social and political societies that have acted with relative freedom, although major shortcomings continue to plague both. There is much to suggest that Turkey should be classified as a democracy. At the same time, however, it is widely recognized that the Turkish political system displays authoritarian tendencies and that the military continues to play an important role in Turkish politics. The Turkish military has formally intervened in politics on four occasions (1960, 1971, 1980, and 1997). In 1960 and 1980, the military officially assumed the reins of power, while in the other two instances it limited itself to issuing a series of ultimatums that eventually brought down the governments of the day without formally interrupting the democratic experience. © Cambridge University Press 2008.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/CBO9780511814822.012en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9780511814822
dc.identifier.isbn9780521895903
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/37789
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511814822.012en_US
dc.source.titleRule by Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimesen_US
dc.titleCourts in semi-democratic/authoritarian regimes: the judicialization of Turkish (and Iranian) politicsen_US
dc.typeBook Chapteren_US
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