Michael Wuthrich
INTERVIEW: Michael Wuthrich on the history of elections in Turkey and the future of Turkish democracy
The belief that Turkish politics has for decades been defined by unchanging cultural divides is very widely held. An essential cleavage between religious and secular, educated and uneducated, central and peripheral voters is said to be the essential dynamic underpinning decades of political turbulence.
Elections in Turkey: People, politics, and the party system
'National Elections in Turkey: People, Politics, and the Party System' by F. Michael Wuthrich (Syracuse University Press, 341 pages, $49)