英文摘要 |
Turkey provides an excellent case to consider the Islamic model of democracy. This article is divided into the following three sections, the first exploring the historical, ethnic and religious contexts of the Ottoman empire and the Kemalist republican revolution; the second focusing on the development of the party politics from the end of World War II to the 1990s, and specifying the domestic and international factors to the rise of the pro-Islamic parties; the last examining the political struggle between the Erdoğan-led government and the opposition forces since the pro-Islamic AKP's takeover in 2002. This study aims at explaining how the AKP government maintains majority rule for consecutive five terms after the fifty-year party politics under the radical secularist constitutional system founded by Kemal Atatürk and his followers. In contrast to other Muslim countries, Turkey's relatively stable democratic rule is based up her unique cultural-historical legacy, geopolitical advantage as the Asia-Europe bridge, and longtime independent status without colonial rule. The Turkish people have been capable of deciding their own institution and operating model suitable for their social and cultural conditions. |