The evaluation of parliamentary democracy in Turkey and Turkish political elites

• Autores: Ali Arslan
• Localización: Historia Actual Online, ISSN-e 1696-2060, Nº. 6, 2005
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Turkey has a strategic place in world politics. As Ahmad said, Turkey's strategic location on the Straits and on the cross-roads between Europe and Asia will remain unchanged. Turkey is a meeting point between Europe and Asia not only geographically, but also ideologically between Eastern and Western civilisations. The Turkish secular and democratic system has provided a model to both the Islamic Middle East and the new Turkish states of the former Soviet Union. One of the major aims of this study is to examine the historical roots of the Turkish secular and democratic system. The second objective of the research is to realise sociological analysis of the Turkish political elites by using social background characteristics. The Turkish political elites will be examined within the five major periods from the beginning of the Republic up to date: 1. Single party era (1920-1946), 2. The period from the beginning of the multi-party regime to the 1960 military intervention (1946-1960), 3. From 1961 to the 1971 military intervention, 4. From 1971 to the 1980 military coup, 5. From 1980 to the present date.