1st Edition

Decentralization in Turkey A Centennial Political Issue

By Galip Emre Yıldırım Copyright 2025
216 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the political dimensions of decentralization and (re)centralization policies in Turkey over the past century. It traces the evolution of these policies, from the late Ottoman Empire's decentralization efforts in the late 19th century, to the centralization under the Kemalist regime in the early 20th century, followed by the limited decentralization of the 1960s and 1980s and... Read more

Introduction  1. Administrative Centralization in the State-Building Process Under Single-Party Rule, 1920–1945  2. Administrative Centralization as a Political Instrument during the Multiparty Period (1945–1960)  3. Gradual Establishment of Decentralization Under Central Government Supervision, 1960–2000  4. Reforms of Local Authorities: The Primary Ambition of Islamist Elites  General Conclusion and Discussions  Appendices

Biography

Galip Emre Yıldırım served as a teaching and research assistant in political science at the University of Nantes from 2021 to 2024. He earned his PhD in sociology in 2019 from the École Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay with a dissertation titled Historical Sociology of the Turkish State: An Incomplete Institutionalization. His research focuses primarily on Turkish politics, including decentralization policies and civil-military relations. He has also explored the regionalization process in France and examined local and national electoral dynamics in the country.