Since the 1980 military coup in Turkey, much of the history and politics of the country can be described as a struggle …, Yeşim Arat and Şevket Pamuk, two of Turkey's leading social scientists, focus on the mutual distrust between the secular and … and lively examination of contemporary Turkey and its role on the global stage. …

economic liberty is due to the elite’s political power stemming from its disproportionate control over a country's economic … resources. The elite uses this power to curtail economic freedom to defend its economic interests by discouraging innovation … distribution) when inequality is high. We argue that the latter finding corresponds to a system of political capitalism or captured …

economic liberty is due to the elite’s political power stemming from its disproportionate control over a country's economic … resources. The elite uses this power to curtail economic freedom to defend its economic interests by discouraging innovation … distribution) when inequality is high. We argue that the latter finding corresponds to a system of political capitalism or captured …