Changing strategy by Turkey’s AKP: the learning curve theory

Since 2014, Turkey has been moving towards a heightened sense of nationalism and populism especially after Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the first popularly elected President of Turkey in 2017. His nationalist rhetoric went up compared to when he became Prime Minister over a decade ago when the countr...

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Main Author:	Mohamad Shukri, Syaza Farhana
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	SAGE Publications Inc. 2019
Subjects:	JA Political science (General)
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spelling	iium-727172019-08-05T08:38:52Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/72717/ Changing strategy by Turkey’s AKP: the learning curve theory Mohamad Shukri, Syaza Farhana JA Political science (General) Since 2014, Turkey has been moving towards a heightened sense of nationalism and populism especially after Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the first popularly elected President of Turkey in 2017. His nationalist rhetoric went up compared to when he became Prime Minister over a decade ago when the country was touted as a model of liberalism among Muslim countries. Rather than putting a damper on the party, government, or Erdogan himself, his conservative rhetoric has helped consolidate the government’s power, showcasing the shift in strategy by the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP) during uncertain times. This article borrows from behavioural psychology the concept of the learning curve theory or the S-curve theory to examine this shift in AKP strategy. It is argued that after reaching a political peak with the Gezi Park protest in the summer of 2013, Erdogan is employing a different rhetorical approach—a populist one—to gain more political traction. SAGE Publications Inc. 2019-06-18 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72717/1/Changing%20Strategy%20by%20AKP.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72717/7/72717_Changing%20Strategy%20by%20AKP_scopus.pdf Mohamad Shukri, Syaza Farhana (2019) Changing strategy by Turkey’s AKP: the learning curve theory. Millennial Asia, Online first. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0976-3996 E-ISSN 2321-7081 (In Press) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0976399619853709 https://doi.org/10.1177/0976399619853709
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description	Since 2014, Turkey has been moving towards a heightened sense of nationalism and populism especially after Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the first popularly elected President of Turkey in 2017. His nationalist rhetoric went up compared to when he became Prime Minister over a decade ago when the country was touted as a model of liberalism among Muslim countries. Rather than putting a damper on the party, government, or Erdogan himself, his conservative rhetoric has helped consolidate the government’s power, showcasing the shift in strategy by the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP) during uncertain times. This article borrows from behavioural psychology the concept of the learning curve theory or the S-curve theory to examine this shift in AKP strategy. It is argued that after reaching a political peak with the Gezi Park protest in the summer of 2013, Erdogan is employing a different rhetorical approach—a populist one—to gain more political traction.
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title	Changing strategy by Turkey’s AKP: the learning curve theory
title_short	Changing strategy by Turkey’s AKP: the learning curve theory
title_full	Changing strategy by Turkey’s AKP: the learning curve theory
title_fullStr	Changing strategy by Turkey’s AKP: the learning curve theory
title_full_unstemmed	Changing strategy by Turkey’s AKP: the learning curve theory
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