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The AKP Government from its Formation to the Popular Uprising in June 2013 (Part II) – With Some Reflections on What Has Happened in Turkey Since

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This article, the second of two, continues an analysis of the developments which led to the Gezi Uprisings that, starting at the end of May 2013, spread to almost all of Turkey in the following months. The uprisings are seen as massive popular reactions, embracing almost all anti-Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) strata in Turkey, to the AKP’s authoritarianism, its anti-secular, anti-republican and anti-democratic discourse and policies, and its attempts to intervene in private life. The article likens the protests to a sort of firedamp explosion and argues that the explosives had been produced by the AKP government itself. The article also briefly presents the developments which have taken place since 2013 up to July 2019 and implies that the possibility of a real decline of the AKP governmental power can be seen in its problematic relation with the Kurdish masses, with the extreme right-MHP, and with the rise of the CHP, a sign of which was seen in the local elections held in March and June 2019.

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  • GündoÄŸan, Ercan, 2020. "The AKP Government from its Formation to the Popular Uprising in June 2013 (Part II) – With Some Reflections on What Has Happened in Turkey Since," European Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 28(1), pages 132-153, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:eurrev:v:28:y:2020:i:1:p:132-153_11
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