The Power of Being an ‘Outsider’ Party in Turkey: The AKP and the Kurdish Electorate

• In Event: Ethnic and Religious Politics

Brief Overview

Analysing the AKP's appeal in Kurdish-populated regions in Turkey, this paper shows how a discursively-constructed outsider identity of a political party can gain votes from the supporters of an institutionally outsider party.

Author

• Pelin Ayan Musil, Anglo-American University