Determinants of Being Selected as a Local Party Elite in Clientelist Parties: The Case of the AKP’s Local Branches in Turkey

• In Event: Party organization, Institutional Change & Democratic Backsliding in Turkey

Brief Overview

The study investigates how the presence of clientelist ties, the electoral concern and the structure of the party organization at local levels affect the decision of party leaders in changing local elites by analyzing the AKP in Turkey.

Authors

• Gul Arikan Akdag, Katip Çelebi University

• halide yazgan, Sakarya University