Hürcan-Asli Aksoy

In recent years, Turkey’s much celebrated democratic consolidation lost its momentum. The government has widened its control over the judiciary and constrained civil liberties. The increasingly authoritarian behavior of the government, especially after the Gezi Park protests and corruption scandals in 2013, along with challenges in foreign policy alienate citizens and threaten the country’s stability. My project seeks to analyze the interplay between the developments in domestic and international politics and their impact on Turkish democracy.