Coalition governments and their structures in Turkey

Özlem Becerik Yolda? (oez_bec@hotmail.com) and Yunus Yolda? (yunus_yoldas@hotmail.com)
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Özlem Becerik Yolda?: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Yunus Yolda?: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University

No 3505616, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: A coalition refers to an alliance of two or more political parties to form a government and to perceive common interests for a continuance of a parliamentary term. In general, if no political party achieved an absolute majority of mandates in general elections, a coalition government will be formed. In West European parliamentary systems, coalitions are unavoidable. With a view to political systems in Europe, coalition cabinets are common, such as in Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1923, Turkey is also characterized by coalition governments which were unstable and negative assessed by the media and public at large. In particular, at times of political unrest and economic crises including the military coup in 1960,1970 and 1980, fifteen coalition governments in the Turkish parliamentary system.have been formed. Against this background, the main focus of the paper will be on the lifespan and stability of coalition governments in Turkey. The paper then investigates the main reasons for the resolution of coalition governments and their impacts on political culture in Turkey.

Keywords: Turkey; coalition governments; polititcal culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2016-04
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 22nd International Academic Conference, Lisbon, Apr 2016, pages 44-53

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