By Maya Ramirez Turkey these days, in particular, is one of the most socially and politically polarized societies in the world. The secular versus the religious conservatives being the most …
Media Denunciation by Gabriel Moran
Around the world, there has been an attack on the media in countries everywhere that experience democratic backsliding. In places like Turkey, Venezuela, Poland and many more, the media remains under …
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The Necessity of Accountability: Erdogan’s failure to accept local electoral losses could doom Turkish democracy by Nicholas Bornstein
Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s democracy has slowly but surely been dismantled. The Turkish President constantly violates the personal liberties of the nation’s citizens – surveilling …
Analyzing the Democratic Erosion in Turkey by Joshua Varela @ University of California, Los Angeles
On July 15, 2016, an event occurred in Turkey that rarely occurs in mature democracies. The Turkish armed forces initiated a coup d’état against Turkish governmental institutions, namely Turkish …
A TURKISH TRAGEDY by JONAH KAY @ UCLA
A Turkish Tragedy Recent actions taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have put the country in the spotlight due to the proliferate democratic erosion that has been unfolding. …
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A Nail in Ataturk’s Coffin by Shravan Balaji @ University of Pennsylvania
On April 16, 2017, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) celebrated the passage of their landmark Constitutional referendum by a margin of 51.4% to 48.6%. 85% of …
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A Streetcar named ‘Democracy:’ An Analysis of Democratic Erosion in Turkey by Sam Wieske @ University of California, Los Angeles
A few decades ago, Turkey was the poster-boy of a democracy in the Islamic world. Fast forward to present day and Turkey is far from being a paragon of democracy, in light of the recent coup and …
Erdogan Leverages Terrorist Threats to Silence Opposition by Cody Duane-McGlashan @ Brown University
Turkey continues to slide towards chaos as President Tayyip Erdogan escalates attacks against Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country and jails citizens who openly object to the violence. In a …