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Competition in a populist authoritarian regime: the June 2018 dual elections in Turkey

Title	Competition in a populist authoritarian regime: the June 2018 dual elections in Turkey
Author	Sözen, Yunus
Publication Date:	2019-07-03
Publication Place	- Taylor & Francis
Subject	Competitive authoritarianism, Populism, Hyperpresidentialism, Presidential elections, Parliamentary elections, AKP, Anti-authoritarianism
Type	Periodical
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID	1360-8746
Record ID	66a66057-93a8-4c9f-aa67-e67735be4396
Library Location	International Relations
Date	2019-07-03
Sample Text	This article examines the June 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey. I maintain that Turkey's populist authoritarian regime context simultaneously hyperpoliticised and depoliticised the electoral process, as this regime decreased the uncertainty of electoral outcomes and yet the ballot box became the singular legitimate political arena to challenge it. I begin the paper with a discussion of the political context of the elections: political regime dynamics, the new hyperpresidential system, as well as the electoral rules and voting behaviour. I then scrutinise the electoral campaign strategies of the major parties and candidates with an emphasis on the strategies of the opposition in counteracting the uneven playing field. Finally, I analyse the electoral results and discuss their implications.
DOI	10.1080/13608746.2019.1688515
Cilt	24

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Competition in a populist authoritarian regime: the June 2018 dual elections in Turkey

Author Sözen, Yunus

Publication Date 2019-07-03

Publication Place - Taylor & Francis

Subject Competitive authoritarianism, Populism, Hyperpresidentialism, Presidential elections, Parliamentary elections, AKP, Anti-authoritarianism

Type Periodical

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Library Asset ID 1360-8746

Record ID 66a66057-93a8-4c9f-aa67-e67735be4396

Library Location International Relations

Date 2019-07-03

Sample Text This article examines the June 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey. I maintain that Turkey's populist authoritarian regime context simultaneously hyperpoliticised and depoliticised the electoral process, as this regime decreased the uncertainty of electoral outcomes and yet the ballot box became the singular legitimate political arena to challenge it. I begin the paper with a discussion of the political context of the elections: political regime dynamics, the new hyperpresidential system, as well as the electoral rules and voting behaviour. I then scrutinise the electoral campaign strategies of the major parties and candidates with an emphasis on the strategies of the opposition in counteracting the uneven playing field. Finally, I analyse the electoral results and discuss their implications.

DOI 10.1080/13608746.2019.1688515

Cilt 24