Municipal Service Delivery, Identity Politics and Islamist Parties in Turkey
September 29, 2017 | Melissa Marschall, Marwa Shalaby, Saadet Konak Unal
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Melissa Marschall
Former Faculty ScholarMarwa Shalaby
Former Director of the Women and Human Rights in the Middle East ProgramSaadet Konak Unal
University of HoustonThe rise of Islamist politics over the past few decades has yielded distinctively diverse outcomes across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The authors of this research note analyze how the AKP and other Islamist parties in Turkey have fared in municipal governance and whether municipalities governed by Islamist mayors promote and Islamic political identity.
Read the full article at Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS).