This work analyses the transformation of the Turkish society through a constructivist perspective in the context of a «transformational shift» from the "traditional" experienced throughout the JDP tenure and examine the entrenched «clash of identities» between the Islamists and the secularists in Turkish politics.
Justice and Development Party (JDP), as the sole incumbent force for the last decade and a half, has proven to be an influential political actor with its power and capability to shape-shift the domestic and foreign policy of the Republic of Turkey. Within this context, this work analyses the transformation of the Turkish society through a constructivist perspective in the context of a «transformational shift» from the «traditional» experienced throughout the JDP tenure. JDP’s «new» policy orientation is scrutinized through a constructivist lens to examine the entrenched «clash of identities» between the Islamists and the secularists in Turkish politics.
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