Abstract
The rising tide of populist majoritarianism in Turkish constitutional debates is indexed to the rise of the AKP into a hegemonic position in Turkish politics. While early constitutional reform deliberations focused on the introduction of a new liberal democratic constitution, following the 2010 constitutional referendum emphasis shifted towards the introduction of a presidential system. The constitutional draft submitted to the parliament in January 2017 and to a referendum in April 2017 boosted majoritarian elements to an unprecedented degree.
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Grigoriadis, I.N. (2018). The Rising Tide of Populist Majoritarianism in Turkey. In: Democratic Transition and the Rise of Populist Majoritarianism . Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57556-8_5
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