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As we have shown in the previous chapters, Turkey, in the last decades, has been undergoing significant changes and transformations lived and felt in each and every sphere of life. On the one hand, Turkey has embraced a proactive foreign policy, and its regional power role in world politics has become more important with its identity as a modern secular nation-state with parliamentary democratic governance, secular constitutional polity, and a primarily Muslim population. On the other hand, internal politics in Turkey has recently become subject to political impasses and societal polarization. From assassinations to postmodern military coups, from democratic erosion to the rising power of reactionary nationalism, Turkey has been confronted by serious problems leading to domestic instability. Hence, the transformation process was marked by a paradox: global attraction and visibility outside, domestic instability and polarization inside.
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Keyman, E.F., Gumuscu, S. (2014). Civil Society and Democratic Consolidation. In: Democracy, Identity, and Foreign Policy in Turkey. Islam and Nationalism Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137277121_9
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