"July 2007 Turkish Elections: Winners and Fault Lines
Soner Cagaptay and H. Akin Unver
Format: PDF, 10 Pages
Published: July 2007
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In the wake of a May 2007 presidential election crisis and subsequent political stalemate -- punctuated by massive public rallies and intervention by both the judiciary and the military -- Turkey called for early parliamentary elections to be held in July 2007. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which consolidated its hold on various levers of power in the years following the 2002 elections, has long sought to further solidify its position. What are its prospects for doing so? And what effect might the ongoing political turmoil have on Turkey's stability and its relationship with the United States?"
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