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Back to a Predominant Party System: The November 2015 Snap Election in Turkey

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  • Sabri Sayarı

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Turkey’s snap parliamentary election in November 2015 took place in an environment of growing political violence and terrorism resulting from the renewal of the Kurdish conflict in the southeast and two major suicide bombings carried out by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Presenting the coalition arithmetic, the article first examines the failure to form a government after the previous election five months earlier. It then examines the campaign for the November election, including party strategies, key issues and the role of the media, before analysing the results and the election winners and losers. In restoring a parliamentary majority for the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party – AKP) that has governed Turkey continuously for the past 13 years, the November election marked the basic continuity of Turkey’s predominant party system.

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  • Sabri Sayarı, 2016. "Back to a Predominant Party System: The November 2015 Snap Election in Turkey," South European Society and Politics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(2), pages 263-280, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:21:y:2016:i:2:p:263-280
    DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2016.1170254
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