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Jul 2023
44m 28s

Şebnem Gümüşcü on the past and future of...

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
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Şebnem Gümüşcü, associate professor of political science at Middlebury College, on “Democracy or Authoritarianism: Islamist Governments in Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia” (Cambridge University Press). The book looks in depth at how intra-party factional struggles were key in shaping the AKP’s authoritarian direction in Turkey, while also comparing this with Isl ... Show More
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