Impact of Local Elections on Authoritarian Regime Weakness: Evidence from Elite Defections in Turkey

• In Event: Authoritarian Leaders

Brief Overview

This study analyzes the effect of loss in the local elections on elite defection in authoritarian regimes using a novel dataset from Turkey.

Authors

• Hilal Sert, Georgia State University

• Ozlem Tuncel, Georgia State University

• Burak Kazim Yilmaz, Emory University