-enhancing reforms following Turkey's financial crisis in 2001, but then started moving in the opposite direction in the second half of … coincided with a deepening in Turkish democracy under the prodding and the guidance of the European Union, and witnessed the … waning of the military's influence and the broadening of effective political participation. As Turkey-European Union …

political representation of a religious identity. In this book, Yildirim draws on extensive field research in Turkey, Egypt, and … liberalization in a comparative perspective -- From the periphery to the center : competitive liberalization in Turkey -- Stuck in …