The Presidential System in Turkey Opportunities and Obstacles /

• Main Author: Yilmaz, Battal (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Middle East-Politics and government.; Legislative bodies.; Elections.; Comparative politics.; Political theory.; Middle East-History.; Middle Eastern Politics.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Electoral Politics.; Comparative Politics.; Political Theory.; History of the Middle East.

This book explores the opportunities and obstacles to a presidential system in Turkey as proposed by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party). Since the formation of Turkey's parliamentary system in 1909, there have been many attempts to replace it with an elected executive branch. After th...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Government Systems and Turkey
• 3. Historical Background of Presidential System in Turkey and a General Assessment of Justice and Development Party (JDP) Presidential System Proposal
• 4. Presidential Government System in Turkey
• 5. Conclusion. .