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Governing Labour, Strengthening the Regime: The Making of a Paternalist and Politicized Corporatism Under AKP Rule

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  • Ezgi Pınar

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The authoritarian regime has long been a topic of interest for political science scholars in Turkey. While there is substantial literature on the form and formation of the AKP’s authoritarianism, particularly in terms of economic management and clientelism, the existing literature fails to draw a connection between labour management and the type of political regime. This paper aims to address a gap in the existing literature by focusing on the specific politics and labour containment strategies employed by successive AKP governments. Drawing from the current debate and grey literature on the political regime in Turkey, this paper contributes to the theoretical framing of the authoritarianism of the AKP. My theoretical framing asserts indebted financialization, Islamist benevolence, paternalist industrial relations, politicized and corporatist trade unionism, marginalization combined with criminalization, and segregation-based segmentation as the fundamental labour management strategies that reproduce and deepen authoritarianism in Turkey.

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  • Ezgi Pınar, 2026. "Governing Labour, Strengthening the Regime: The Making of a Paternalist and Politicized Corporatism Under AKP Rule," Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(3), pages 350-369, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjsbxx:v:28:y:2026:i:3:p:350-369
    DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2025.2583692
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