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The @Post-Erdoğan vision of Turkish opposition: opportunities and limitations
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract Nearly a year after its formation, the Nation Alliance, consisting of six opposition parties ("Table of Six"), finally started to act like a full-fledged electoral alliance against the ruling bloc under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The six opposition leaders have long been criticised for failing... view more
Nearly a year after its formation, the Nation Alliance, consisting of six opposition parties ("Table of Six"), finally started to act like a full-fledged electoral alliance against the ruling bloc under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The six opposition leaders have long been criticised for failing to take concrete steps towards embodying a viable political alternative to the People’s Alliance of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) since they publicly signed the joint manifesto for Turkey’s transition into the "Strengthened Parliamentary System" in February 2022. Although the alliance has yet to announce its joint presidential candidate, it has manifested an unprecedentedly comprehensive joint platform in nine policy areas, including the rule of law, public administration, social policy, economy, and foreign policy. The 200-page joint document provides a comprehensive overview of what changes Turkey can be expected to go through in the short and medium terms should the Nation Alliance manage to defeat President Erdoğan's ruling bloc in the upcoming elections, which will probably take place on 14 May 2023. Even though it would not immediately offer a solution to various issues in Turkey-EU relations, a possible opposition victory could bring bilateral relations back to an institutional framework, whereby both parties can cooperate in a productive way to work out their problems and focus on common interests. (Autorenreferat)... view less
Keywords
Turkey; opposition; party; political program; political system; presidential system; political change; parliamentarism; presidential election; change of government; change in power; bilateral relations; international relations; EU; political reform; constitutional state; Great Depression; economic policy; foreign policy
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
gesellschaftliche/politische Opposition; politische Partei; Oppositionspartei; Parteienbündnis; präsidiales Regierungssystem; parlamentarisches System; Wahl/Abstimmung; Implikation; Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Türkiye); Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (Türkiye); Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip; Rechtsstaatlichkeit; Außenpolitik einzelner Staaten; außenpolitische Einzelprobleme
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
8 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 7/2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2023C07
ISSN
2747-5107
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications