The Political System of the Republic of Turkey, Past and Present

Marszałek–Kawa, Joanna; Burak, Ahmet

doi:10.14746/pp.2018.23.3.7

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“…Death of Turkish Democracy: The "Turkish-Style" Presidential System versities, and also bureaucrats, and so on 39 . It should also be noted that Turkey more often than not has strongly-disciplined parties that usually follow what their presidents would lead them towards, which in the "Turkish-style presidential system" translates into a president of a political party who happens to be able to hold a substantial majority in the legislature 40 .…”

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Death of Turkish Democracy: The “Turkish-Style” Presidential System

Cihangiroğlu¹

2021

Studia Politologiczne

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Turkey has adopted the presidential system over parliamentarism in 2018 with the promise that the new system would bring more stability, democracy, and economic growth. As being the most recent country which changed its government system through a referendum to presidentialism, Turkey constitutes a very important example to be analyzed in order to see the effects of it after a long-adopted parliamentary period in the 21st century. This paper compares the basic features of democracy as well as the democratic presidential systems with the example of Turkey and aims at finding out if the presidentialism has performed well and if not, why, in the light of examples and chosen indicators. Findings of this study suggest that presidential system led to a “consolidation of power” which in its nature is anti-democratic. Analysis of certain indicators show that presidentialism did not perform well in Turkey on democratic, political as well as economic fronts.

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Death of Turkish Democracy: The “Turkish-Style” Presidential System

Cihangiroğlu¹

2021

Studia Politologiczne

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System rządów zgromadzenia w konstytucji Turcji z 1921 r.

Kryszeń¹,

Białymstoku²

2019

Misc. Hist. - Iurid.

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Celem artykułu jest przeprowadzenie analizy przepisów Konstytucji Turcji z 1921 r. pod kątem ukazania specyfiki przyjętego w niej systemu rządów. Analiza ta prowadzi do konstatacji, iż wspomniany dokument, czyniący podstawą ustroju konstytucyjnego Turcji zasadę suwerenności narodu i zasadę jedności władzy skupionej w parlamencie, kształtował system rządów zgromadzenia we wzorcowej, "czystej" i "podręcznikowej" jego postaci, znanej z koncepcji J.J. Rousseau i historii rewolucji francuskiej. W artykule są ukazane również historyczne uwarunkowania podjęcia decyzji o wdrożeniu takiego systemu rządów, a także jej wyznaczniki doktrynalne i teoretyczne.

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Expanding the Powers of the Turkey’s President: New Legal Order and Its Consequences

Ahmedova¹

2021

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The article provides a comparative legal analysis of the articles of the Constitution of Turkey in 1982 and amendments to it in the executive branch, which were submitted to the national referendum of Turkey in 2017. The consequences of the constitutional reform on the further democratic development of Turkey are analyzed, as well as the possible transformation of Turkey into a country with an authoritarian form of government. The article examines the work of Turkish and foreign researchers on the impact of the new political system on the independence of all branches of government, and analyzes the international legal position of the European Union on constitutional changes in the context of fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria for Turkey’s membership in the European Union and the possibility of closing negotiations on Turkey’s accession to the European Union. It is stated that under the 1982 constitution, Turkey was a parliamentary republic in which real power belonged to the head of government, and the country’s president performed mainly representative functions. The latest amendments to Turkey’s basic law were made after a referendum on September 12, 2010 to bring it in line with European Union standards. The referendum began the demilitarization of the 1982 constitution and changed the foundations of Turkish statehood, laid in the 1920s by the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. In particular, the influence of the army on the political and social life of the country has decreased. It is said that by applying draconian laws and judicial repression the President seeks to reduce the influence of the democratic opposition, which will not have the courage or ability to challenge the growing authoritarianism in the country. For this reason, the party’s legal regime combines the full subordination of the judiciary to the executive with a combination of strategies to use judicial repression to demobilize all sources of opposition and to suppress any possible alternatives within the current political bloc.

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The Political System of the Republic of Turkey, Past and Present

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Death of Turkish Democracy: The “Turkish-Style” Presidential System

Death of Turkish Democracy: The “Turkish-Style” Presidential System

System rządów zgromadzenia w konstytucji Turcji z 1921 r.

Expanding the Powers of the Turkey’s President: New Legal Order and Its Consequences

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