Aydın, ErtanAydın, Ertan2024-05-142024-05-142022Aydın, Ertan (2022). "The tension between secularism and democracy in Turkey: Early origins, current legacy", European View, Vol.6, No.1, pp.11-20.1781-6858https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12416/8299The author presents an in-depth examination of Turkey's development. This essay briefly covers the history of secularism in Turkey, the secular revolution of the early 1920s and today's multi-party system. The Turkish model has both strengths and weaknesses: while the system succeeds in setting limits on authoritarian regimes, it has failed to implement a full liberal democracy.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticle611120https://doi.org/10.1007/s12290-007-0017-3