Turkey on the edge: Through the arrestation of İmamoğlu, Erdoğan aims at more than eliminating his strongest rival

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Kose, Arife (2025) Turkey on the edge: Through the arrestation of İmamoğlu, Erdoğan aims at more than eliminating his strongest rival. Eastminister: A Global Politics Blog, UEA.

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Abstract

The arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, mayor of Istanbul and the strongest rival of RecepTayyip Erdoğan, incumbent president of Turkey and head of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), on corruption charges has brought Turkey to the edge of moving towards full autocracy. Yet, the regime has encountered substantial resistance. In this piece, Arife Kose argues that the ongoing struggle between the regime and opposition over İmamoğlu’s arrest fundamentally concerns whether Turkish society perceives itself as a democratic society or not.

Item Type: Other
Uncontrolled Keywords: authoritarianism, turkey
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy and Area Studies
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2025 15:30
Last Modified: 04 Apr 2025 15:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/98960
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