The Emergence of Social Democracy in Turkey: The Left and the Transformation of the Republican People's Party

by Yunus Emre and Yunus Emre

Book Overview

The Republican People's Party (RPP), also know as the CHP (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi), stands as the main opposition party - one of two major political currents, second only to the Erdooan's AK Party. Established as the founding party of Ataturk's republican regime, the RPP has a history of hostility of leftist parties. Despite this, by the mid-1960s, the RPP had re-orientated itself as left of centre, as the growing influence of the left inside...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780764391
• ISBN13: 9781780764399
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"