What’s next for Turkey? Lessons of the 2014 presidential elections
What’s next for Turkey? Lessons of the 2014 presidential elections

Author(s): Zoltán Egeresi
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Electoral systems, Studies in violence and power, Present Times (2010 - today), EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: Turkish presidential elections; 2014; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; centralization of power; presidential system; EU;
Summary/Abstract: The 2014 Turkish presidential elections have demonstrated that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AKP were able to overcome their previous political crises during the last, one-year-long eventful period, and they were successful in continuing to mobilize their electorate. Erdoğan’s victory at the presidential elections of 10 August 2014 may lead to the introduction of a presidential system and further centralization of power in Turkey. However, it can also be an overture for changes in the opposition. The EU has to keep being involved in Turkish domestic politics, especially in the democratization process, and support the emergence of a more plural Turkish political community.

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