As politics in contemporary Turkey is gradually steered towards a de facto Imperial Presidency shrouded in regurgitated myths of Ottoman revivalism and defended against ostentatious conspiracies, it is easy to be sucked into the extreme polarization between the pro- and anti-government positions..
Eylem Akdeniz and Emrah Göker
Eylem Akdeniz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Istanbul Kemerburgaz University. She can be contacted at eylem.akdeniz@kemerburgaz.edu.tr.
Emrah Göker is a research support officer at Koç University in Istanbul and blogs on social and political issues (in Turkish) at istifhanem.com. He can be contacted at egoker@ku.edu.tr.