02Nov 2015
Two Steps Back, One Step Foward: The History of Turkey's Purusit of Democracy
20:05 - By Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira
| Professor Ilter Turan, member of the Local Organizing Commitee of IPSA's 2016 Congress in Istanbul and our RC colleague, discusses in "Turkey's Difficult Journey to Democracy Two Steps Forward, One Step Back" (Oxford University Press, 2015) the process of democratization in that country. In doing so, he demonstrates its relevance for understanding the difficulties countries trying to democratize face. |  |
Professor Turan holds the title of Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University. Previously, he served as the President of the same institution, having written extensively on Turkish politics.