@article {Cağliyan-Icener:2009:1468-3849:595,
title = "The Justice and Development Party's Conception of Conservative Democracy: Invention or Reinterpretation?",
journal = "Turkish Studies",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/tur",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2009",
volume = "10",
number = "4",
publication date ="2009-12-01T00:00:00",
pages = "595-612",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1468-3849",
eissn = "1743-9663",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/tur/2009/00000010/00000004/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.1080/14683840903384851",
author = "Caliyan-Icener, Zeyneb",
abstract = "This article investigates the notion of conservative democracy in the discourse of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalknma Partisi, AKP) in relation to the concepts of change and continuity. It argues that conservative democracy, which
is presented as a genuine contribution of the AKP to Turkish politics, is actually a continuation of a tradition within Turkish conservative literature rather than a product of the moment. Hence, contrary to the party's claim, conservative democracy is not an invented
but a reinterpreted concept. It is reformulated pragmatically to illustrate a rupture from the Islamist background of the party leaders.",
}