Marc Herzog explores TR & Russia's pol trajectories, 2 former empires w/ strong statist traditions & history of tutelage #CEST2015

Marc Herzog on the transition of political equilibria in Turkey b/w 2002 - 2010 and thereafter #CEST2015

Turkey as case of incipient 'electoral authoritarianism' not of the hegemonic kind, still more competitive than Russia CEST #CEST2015

Informality is a major mode of governance of 'grey zone regimes' like Turkey #CEST2015 CEST CSEES

Panel 4 Electoral politics & AKP: @toygarbaykan discusses AKP as a tightly controlled mass party with 8-9 million members #CEST2015

politics of electoral politics, participations and missing people stimulating ideas continue #CEST2015

Josh Carney: There are circles of Perturbation in Film Festivals; ie dont touch these issues or you'll burn: Kurdish issue, Gezi " #CEST2015

#CEST2015 Josh Carney about censor seep in Turkeys film sector is form of illiberal governance CEST

Elise Massicard at #CEST2015 announces theme of 2016 CEST Symposium at Sciencespo: Politics from Below CEST

While AKP's education policies want to create a "New Myth of Youth", this idea has deep roots in Turkey's history demet lukuslu #CEST2015

Panel #CEST2015 Illiberal governance through party apparatus, electoral reform and census policies CEST

2014-2015 'A banner year in Turkish cinema' - are film festivals a threatened species in Turkey? - yesterday at #CEST2015

Bilge Serin explores relation b/w state role in production of urban space & illiberal governance in Turkey #CEST2015

Berk Esen: Turkey moved from tutelary democracy to competitive authoritarianism under AKP, based on Levitsky & Way definition #CEST2015

Esen: A triangular relationship of dependency b/w AKP+Business+voters underlies this shift twds competitive authoritarianism #CEST2015

Old governance patterns + new types of networks to accumulate & distribute wealth --> neopatrimonialism in Turkey Digdem Soyaltin-Colella #CEST2015

Neopatrimonialism not exclusive to Turkey, also seen in SE Asia, Middle East & Europe (ex. Bulgaria, Romania) Digdem Soyaltin-Colella #CEST2015

Turkey (but also Bulgaria & Romania) seriously neglected in studies on neopatrimonialism #CEST2015

End of a thrilling #CEST2015. Big thanks to all participants & CSEES. We meet at SciencesPo for #CEST2016!

A case of 'missing ppl' in elections? 672 bin seçmen buharlaştı cumhuriyet.com.tr/380955 Funda Ustek Spilda Kerem Oktem CEST #CEST2015