Political Islam in Turkey: The Rise and Fall of the Refah Party

Gülalp, Haldun

doi:10.1111/j.1478-1913.1999.tb03667.x

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“…20 The 1990s witnessed the electoral victories of the RP both in local and general elections. 21 In the 1995 parliamentary elections, the RP won 21.4% of the votes and became the largest party by gaining 158 of the 550 seats in the Turkish Parliament. With this power, the RP formed a coalition government with the True Path Party (DYP) in June 1996.…”

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Reluctant Democratization: The Case of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey

Tombuş¹

2013

Constellations

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Reluctant Democratization: The Case of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey

Tombuş¹

2013

Constellations

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“…The rise of Islamism across a number of developing countries has been both a response to the crisis in secular nationalist development projects as well as an outcome of a societal search for an alternative authentic moral direction for economic development, empowerment and justice (Atia, 2012;Gülalp, 1999;Mura, 2014;Özcan and Çokgezen, 2003). A number of scholars argued that neo-liberalism transformed political Islam and facilitated its shift from economic exclusion and political marginalisation to a move towards power domination.…”

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“…Erdoğan's election as the mayor of Istanbul in 1994 powered the rise of the Islamic political movement, which subsequently led to the formation of AKP in 2001. The party cadres came from right wing religious formations (Gülalp, 1999). Benefitting from its predecessor's reforms that established the Bank Regulation and Supervision Authority, AKP broadly followed the consensus principals.…”

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Energy privatisations, business-politics connections and governance under political Islam

Özcan

Gündüz

2015

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Abstract. The changing connections between business and political Islam under liberalisation can best be studied through an analysis of moral justifications, political connections in business and institutional modifications. Our evidence on energy utility privatisations through a comprehensive analysis of party connections with firm and industry specific data demonstrates that Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) reshaped industry structures to nurture a new breed of politically linked businesses. In order to build a patronage regime in energy markets, the AKP manipulated regulatory institutions, suppressed the media and advocacy groups, and immobilised the judicial process in response to allegations of misconduct. The highly personalised and opaque allocation of assets increased the power of business groups that enjoyed close ties with the prime minister and key party officials. Leading politically connected firms emerged as not only the major beneficiaries but also key supporters of authoritarian politics. Our findings have important implications for the analysis of political Islam, regulatory institutions and the vulnerabilities of energy privatisations in emerging economies.

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“…Haldun Gülalp offers a particularly helpful question concerning the contemporary, but not historical, efficacy of Islamist politics in Turkey: “Why has a movement which has a conservative appearance and only a marginal following in the 1970s become a political force with mass following in the 1990s? What made the Islamist party [Refah] so popular in the 1990s?” (Gülalp 1999:22; see also Eligür 2010:1–2). We argue that a political economic approach, emphasizing strategies to maintain state legitimacy can help answer this provocative question.…”

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Political Islam and State Legitimacy in Turkey: The Role of National Culture in Neoliberal State-Building

Blad

Koçer

2012

International Political Sociology

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Blad, Cory and Banu Koçer. (2012) Political Islam and State Legitimacy in Turkey: The Role of National Culture in Neoliberal State‐Building. International Political Sociology, doi: 10.1111/j.1749‐5687.2012.00150.x  © 2012 International Studies Association The rise of Islamist parties to positions of political dominance in Turkey has been the subject of inquiry for scholars and concern for some American and European observers. This paper argues that this rise of Islamist political efficacy is the result of efforts to maintain state legitimacy in an era of neoliberalism. The integration of neoliberalism as a dominant political economic ideology reduces state economic regulatory capacities and social service endowment. The effect of this retrenchment is a commensurate reduction in state legitimation, as national populations view the state as unable—or unwilling—to meet requisite economic protectionist demands that were formerly exchanged for legitimate support. In an attempt to retain legitimate authority, neoliberal states are forced to move beyond economic protectionist strategies and embrace increasingly cultural legitimation approaches. We juxtapose the use of economic protectionist strategies in the 1945–1980 period with the integration of Islam as a cultural legitimation strategy following the 1980 coup in Turkey.

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Political Islam in Turkey: The Rise and Fall of the Refah Party

Cited by 54 publications

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Reluctant Democratization: The Case of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey

Reluctant Democratization: The Case of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey

Energy privatisations, business-politics connections and governance under political Islam

Political Islam and State Legitimacy in Turkey: The Role of National Culture in Neoliberal State-Building

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