Transformation of Turkish Constitutional Court: Political Foundations of Independent Judiciary and Institutional Change

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  In JSS Session: JSS: Emerging Scholars on Emergent (and non-U.S.) Courts

Brief Overview

This paper aims to explain the institutional change that Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) has witnessed since 2010. I contend that changing political coalitions and emerging institutional identity account for the selective activism of TCC.

Author

• Abdullah Erdem Demirtas, University of California, Berkeley