Justice and Development Party in Turkey

Turkish politics were remarkably reshaped in the early 2000s following the decline of the Islamist National View and the electoral breakthrough of the new Justice and Development Party (JDP) headed by Erdoğan. Beside its Islamist credentials, Erdoğan''s JDP consistently and convincingly presented itself as the ''populist'' defender of the downtrodden sectors of Turkish society. However, with Erdoğ...