POLS 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Welfare Party, 1997 Turkish Military Memorandum, Stock Market Crash

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 157
• Professor: Peter S Henne

Document Summary

Increasing islamic activism in the 1990s: anatolian migration from countryside to cities. More pious people: rise of islamic middle class who are openly religious and conservative. Under ozal more political parties were allowed to operate. Islamist parties reformed and drew support from islamic middle class. Not revolutionaries, but simply wanted to be able to express beliefs in public. Weak coalition governments created gridlock in parliament: tired, worn out establishment party, chp (the republican party) Sense of corruption, that they were not representing the people. Economy had big budget deficit and foreign investment lagged. Imf warned of problems, causing 70 billion dollars in investment being withdrawn. Stock market crash in 2001 and money lost its purchasing power. Loss of confidence in the parties in power. Us urged kurdish to revolt in iraq, spread to turkey: nationalist insurgency in turkey in the southeast. Counterterrorism efforts got called out for human rights violations.