L'AKP et le paysage politique turc

Abstract

The electoral victory of the Party of Justice and Development (AKP) has surprised Europeans who have some difficulty in defining this party and improperly present it as the party of "moderate Islamists". As part of the long and complex history of the Turkish multi-party system, the AKP is basically in keeping with the attempts launched in the 1950s to create a liberal and reformist centerright force opposed to the enlightened statist tradition descended from Kemalism. The initial success of the Erdogan government in the process of preparing the country for the negotiations leading to membership of the European Union substantiate the notion of "Muslim democrats", even though the political dynamic has tended to falter since the European decision of December 2004. © Le Seuil.