Turkeys growing international profile candidacy for the EU and persistentdemocracy has led to a growing interest in how that country is governed. Thisbook provi... » 

Turkeys growing international profile candidacy for the EU and persistentdemocracy has led to a growing interest in how that country is governed. Thisbook provides portraits of the seven main political parties by Turkish expertswho are close observers of these institutions. In addition to providing ananalytical survey of Turkish politics today this volume also provides afascinating case study on the problems of developing deeprooted democracyconflicts between state interests amd interest groups and the evolution ofparty systems. «