From Past to Present: The Changing Face of Clientelism in Istanbul*

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Brief Overview

This article seeks to define the actors, the structure and the operation of clientelist network under the AKP governments. The arguments are based on ethnographic fieldwork in one of the most densely populated districts of Istanbul, Ba?c?lar.

Authors

• Duzgun Arslantas, University of Cologne

• Senol Arslantas, Istanbul University