Erdogan’s Reformed Turkey and the Future of Republic
Erdogan’s Reformed Turkey and the Future of Republic

Author(s): Plamen Ralchev
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Electoral systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Turkey; presidential republic; relations with the EU
Summary/Abstract: The 2017 referendum that transformed Turkey's constitutional system and the June2018 elections represent the final stage of the transformation project for New Turkey and the beginning of a new era in the history of the modern Turkish Republic. Authoritarian trends in government and social life, the strong centralization of political decision-making, and the unconditional personification and praise of the ruling will continue to deepen the dividing lines between Turkey and its EU partners. Authoritarian trends in government and social life, the strong centralization of political decision-making, and the unconditional personification and praise of the ruling party leader will continue to deepen the dividing lines between Turkey and its EU partners. On theone hand, Turkey is moving away from the prospect of EU membership, and on the other, President Erdogan, as the sole center of power in Turkey, will maintain a firm and irreconcilable tone in relations with the EU, especially as regards the negotiations on financial compensation that Turkey expects to receive to restrict migration flow from the Middle East.

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