Keeping Power Through Opposition: Party System Change in Turkey

Arslantaş, Düzgün; Arslantaş, Şenol

doi:10.1017/npt.2020.1

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Keeping Power Through Opposition: Party System Change in Turkey

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Arslantaş, Düzgün
International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society;
Cologne Center for Comparative Politics, University of Cologne, Germany;

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Arslantaş, D., & Arslantaş, Ş. (2020). Keeping Power Through Opposition: Party System Change in Turkey. New Perspectives on Turkey, 62, 27-50. doi:10.1017/npt.2020.1.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-19F3-C

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This paper re-evaluates the party system change in Turkey based on Sartori’s framework. It also explores the role of opposition parties in this. The paper suggests that, while a fragmented opposition may lead to the emergence of a one-party government and/or military intervention because of the high levels of polarization it induces, bilateral opposition prolongs one-party governments. The paper relies on an analysis of party programs and public opinion surveys in order to position the parties in terms of spatial distance and to understand the level of polarization.