Ethnicity and Party Politics in Turkey: The Rise of the Kurdish Party during the Kurdish Opening Process - Paperback

by Berna Öney (Author)

Delving into Turkey's political playing field, this book examines how an ethnic party increased its vote shares. The case study looks at the rise of the Kurdish party in Turkey's 2011 national elections, in relation to the mainstream political parties' strategies.

Author Biography

Berna Öney is a postdoctoral researcher at the Social Sciences Institute at University of Oldenburg, where she also received a PhD degree. Her research interests include democratization, party politics in new democracies, and ethnic politics. Her publications appeared in Turkish Studies, Ethnicities, and Mediterranean Quarterly.