Election 2011: The More Turkey Changes, the More Its Political Parties Stay the Same

Posted on 06/01/2011 by admin

By BARIN KAYAOĞLU

1 June 2011

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There is much cause for optimism and pessimism on the eve of Turkey’s 12 June general election. The ruling AKP (Justice and Development Party) will most likely win. But AKP chairman, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is becoming increasingly hostile to the opposition and the opposition is responding in kind. Unless its political parties mend their ways, there is a not-so-slight danger that domestic instability may hamper Turkey’s international rise after 12 June.

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Barın Kayaoğlu received his B.A. and M.A. in political science from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in history working with Melvyn Leffler at The University of Virginia. He is writing his dissertation on U.S. development aid to Turkey and Iran during the Cold War and the origins of anti-Americanism in the two countries. His research interests are the history of U.S. foreign relations and modern Middle East history.
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