Taking Sides: Determinants of Support for a Presidential System in Turkey

A key issue on the Turkish political agenda concerns a transition to presidentialism, with a constitutional amendment proposal submitted in December 2016. While the positions of political elites are well known, we lack a detailed analysis of the electorate's views on such a transition. To fill...

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Published in:South European society & politics 2017-01, Vol.22 (1), p.1-20
Main Authors: Aytaç, S Erdem, Çarkoglu, Ali, Yildirim, Kerem
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aftermath
AKP
Amendments
Center and periphery
Cleavage
Constituents
Constitutional amendments
Elections
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan
Nationalism
Panel data
Partisanship
Political elites
Politics
Presidential elections
Presidential systems
presidentialism
Public opinion
Turkey
Voters
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Summary:A key issue on the Turkish political agenda concerns a transition to presidentialism, with a constitutional amendment proposal submitted in December 2016. While the positions of political elites are well known, we lack a detailed analysis of the electorate's views on such a transition. To fill this gap, we present cross-sectional and panel data collected over the period from spring 2015 to winter 2015-16. Partisanship emerges as the key factor shaping views on presidentialism, and reflections of the centre-periphery cleavage in Turkish politics are also visible. The shift of the Turkish nationalist constituency's views in favour of presidentialism has been a significant trend in the aftermath of the June 2015 general election.
ISSN:1360-8746
1743-9612
DOI:10.1080/13608746.2017.1280879