- From decentralization to recentralization in Turkey
When the Turkish Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept into power in 2002, it promised to loosen the rigid centralism that had long defined the Turkish state. In its first years, the party advanced decentralizing reforms that gave local governments more autonomy, established regional development agencies, and even initiated dialogue with the Kurdish minority. For […]
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