Democratization and the Politics of Constitution-Making in Turkey

by Ömer Faruk Gençkaya and Ergun Özbudun

Explores and illustrates how domestic and international factors shape the direction of democratization process with special reference to constitution making process in Turkey. Describes how all five Turkish constitutions were, by and large, the products of indigenous effort, although borrowing could be felt in certain limited areas. Argues that the constitutional reforms in the post-1983 period were the outco me of broad inter-party negotiations and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9639776300
• ISBN13: 9789639776302
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher