AK PARTY YEARS IN TURKEY DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY Editors: Kılıç B. Kanat Burhanettin Duran AK PARTY YEARS IN TURKEY DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY AK PARTY YEARS IN TURKEY DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY EDITORS KILIÇ B. KANAT BURHANETTIN DURAN SETA SETA Publications 69 First Published in 2020 by SETA ISBN: 978-625-7040-73-0 © 2020 SET Vakfı İktisadi İşletmesi All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, without permission in writing from the publishers. Cover: Erkan Söğüt Printed in Turkey, İstanbul by Turkuvaz Haberleşme ve Yayıncılık A.Ş., September 2020 SETA Publications Nenehatun Caddesi No: 66 GOP Çankaya 06700 Ankara Turkey Tel:+90 312.551 21 00 | Fax :+90 312.551 21 90 www.setav.org |
[email protected] CONTENTS Chapter 1: The Codes of the AK Party’s Ideological Transformation 7 Burhanettin Duran TRANSFORMATION IN DOMESTIC POLITICS DURING THE AK PARTY ERA Chapter 2: The AK Party’s Policy Towards Transformation of Political System in Turkey 43 Nebi Miş Chapter 3: The AK Party’s Kurdish Policy 85 Hüseyin Alptekin, Talha Köse Chapter 4: Changing Public Administration Reform Trajectories in Turkey: An Evaluation of the AK Party Era 115 Özer Köseoğlu, M. Zahid Sobacı IMPACT OF THE JULY 15TH COUP ATTEMPT TO TURKISH POLITICS Chapter 5: The July 15 Coup Attempt’s Effects on Turkish Politics 149 Nebi Miş Chapter 6: The Media’s Role in the Failure of the July 15 Coup Attempt 185 Serdar Karagöz, Pınar Kandemir Chapter 7: Evolution of Public Perceptions