The Transformation of Kurdish and Islamist Parties in Turkey: Consequences for Regime Change

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Comparing Ethnic and Religious Parties in Turkey
	1.1 Research Design and Case Selection Criteria
		1.1.1 Why Compare Ethnic and Religious Parties?
	1.2 Theoretical Approach and the Main Argument
		1.2.1 Issue Ownership Theory: A Connection Between the Theories of Moderation and Populism?
		1.2.2 Consequences on Democracy
	1.3 Data and Methods
	1.4 Structure of the Book
	Notes
	Bibliography
2 Comparing the Origins of the AKP and the HDP
	2.1 Sources of Legitimacy of the Two Parties in the Political System
		2.1.1 Turkish-Islam Synthesis (TIS) and the Rising Legitimacy of the AKP’s Predecessors
		2.1.2 Desecuritization of the Kurdish Identity in the 2000s and the Rising Legitimacy of the HDP’s Predecessors
	2.2 Party Goals: Vote, Office or Policy-Seeking?
		2.2.1 The Birth of the AKP as an Office-Seeking Party
	2.3 The Birth of the HDP Both as an Office and a Policy-Seeking Party
	Notes
	References
3 A Discursive Opportunity Structure to Confront the State
	3.1 Turkey’s Europeanization Context as a Discursive Opportunity Structure for the AKP
	3.2 The Gezi Context as a Discursive Opportunity Structure for the HDP
	Notes
	References
4 State Repression, Issue-Ownership and the Populist Surge: Comparing the AKP and the HDP
	4.1 2002 National Elections and the AKP
		4.1.1 The Conviction and Imprisonment of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1998–1999)
		4.1.2 Formation of the AKP: A Party That Confronts the Injustices of the Turkish Political System
		4.1.3 Support from the Kurds and Liberal Intellectuals for the AKP in 2002 Elections
	4.2 2007 National Elections and the AKP
		4.2.1 E-Memorandum of 27 April 2007
		4.2.2 Court Decision on Presidential Elections on 1 May 2007
		4.2.3 Support from the Kurds and Liberal Intellectuals for the AKP
	4.3 2015 National Elections and the HDP
		4.3.1 The HDP’s Framing of State Repression (2013–2015)
		4.3.2 Support from the Socialist, Feminist and Environmental Groups
	4.4 Summary
	Notes
	References
5 Conclusion: Consequences on Regime Change
	5.1 Regime Change Toward Competitive Authoritarianism in Turkey Since 2007
	5.2 Existing Explanations on the Collapse of the Turkish Democracy
	5.3 The Office vs. Policy-Seeking Goals and the Regime Change After 2015
	Notes
	References
Appendix
Religious Party Activists
Ethnic Party Activists
Index