From Clientelism to Vote: The Case of the AKP*

• In Event: Democratic Backsliding and Challenges to Democratic Consolidation

Brief Overview

This paper seeks to shed light on the role of clientelism in making the AKP dominant. The conclusions are based on ethnographic fieldwork in one of the poorest and most densely populated districts of Istanbul, Ba?c?lar.

Author

• Duzgun Arslantas, University of Cologne