INTRODUCTION.. 3

PART I 25

CHAPTER I 27

Glimpse into Conceptual Toolbox

CHAPTER II 47

19th Century Reforms: The Tragedy of Turkish Soul

CHAPTER III 91

Transformation of the AKP: A Puzzling and Eventful Journey

Part II 95

CHAPTER IV.. 97

Reformism and Co-habitation with Secularist Establishment (2002-2007)

CHAPTER V.. 135

Consolidation of Power and Disarticulation of Secularist Establishment (2007-2011)

CHAPTER VI 175

From Electoral Hegemony to Systemic Domination (2011-2016)

CHAPTER VII 207

2016-2021: Systemic Domination

AKP IN POWER: A DIZZYING JOURNEY THROUGH CONSERVATISM.. 265

In this insightful book, Fatih Ceran offers a retrospective analysis of the two decade rule of AKP in Turkey and explores into the question on everyone’s mind: "How did we get here?" Putting the Securitization Approach of Copenhagen School at work and employing critical discourse analysis at every level Ceran provides a nuanced examination of the complex political and social dynamics that shaped contemporary Turkey.

Samim AKGÖNÜL, University of Strasbourg

With a focus on democratic rights that have been promoted and demoted by the same political figures as their collective and personal interests changed, the book provides on how the AKP first reformed and then drifted down the authoritaran path. 

İştar Gözaydın, ELIAMEP Fellow, Winner of Human Rights Award of University of Oslo

This book sheds new light on Turkey’s transformation from an imperfect parliamentary democracy to an a la Turca presidential system and puts forward a multidimensional analysis on how the Political Islamists made inroads into country’s secularist political system and then obtained full contol over it. Ceran’s masterful and meticulous analysis is a must read for students and scholars of contemporary Turkey.

Ahmet Erdi Ozturk, London Metropolitan University