Failure of Popular Constitution Making in Turkey - Regressing Towards Constitutional Autocracy

List of contents

Part I. Introduction: Introduction Felix Petersen and Zeynep Yanasmayan; 1. Explaining the failure of popular constitution making in Turkey (2011-13) Felix Petersen and Zeynep Yanämayan; Part II. Contextualizing Constitution Making in Turkey: 2. The people and its embodiment: authoritarian foundations of constitutions in Turkey Ertu¿ Tombu¿; 3. Regime cycles, constitution making, and the political system question in Ottoman and Turkish constitutional developments ¿ule Özsoy Boyunsuz; 4. Illiberal media and popular constitution making in Turkey Burcu Baykurt; Part III. Debating and Drafting the Constitution in 2011-13; 5. Debating state organization principles in the constitutional Conciliation Commission Gözde Böcü and Felix Petersen; 6. Glass half full: drafting fundamental rights in the Turkish constitution-making process (2011-13) Oya Yegen and Zeynep Yanämayan; 7. Countermajoritarian institutions in Turkish constitution making Maria Abad Andrade; 8. Debating the amendment-making rule: the rigidity vs. flexibility debate in the Turkish constitution-making process Oya Yegen.

Summary

This book details the conditions leading to the failure of constitution making and constitutional reform in Turkey, and offers lessons that can be applied elsewhere. It will appeal to scholars and students of constitutional politics and be valuable supplementary reading for undergraduate and graduate courses in Turkish studies.

Product details

• Authors: Felix (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Y Petersen
• Assisted by: Felix Petersen (Editor), Zeynep Yanaşmayan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108740180
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74018-0
• No. of pages: 426
• Series: Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; LAW / Constitutional, Turkey, Public International Law, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Türkiye / Turkey