TÜRK CUMHURİYETLERİNDE SİYASAL PARTİLER: KAZAKİSTAN VE ÖZBEKİSTAN SİYASAL PARTİ SİSTEMLERİ ÜZERİNE KARŞILAŞTIRMALI BİR ANALİZ
POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE TURKIC REPUBLICS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON KAZAKH AND UZBEK POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEMS

Summary/Abstract: Political parties are one of the most important criteria in the analysis of a country’s democratization process. Post-Soviet Turkic Republics took over structures of the local Communist Party from Soviet system. Traditional party structures of these countries played a significant role in the establishment of the post-independence party system. This article analyzes Kazakhstan, where dominant-custodian party system with limited space for opposition parties has been institutionalized and Uzbekistan, where a corporatist system with no room for opposition parties has emerged. For this analysis, the political parties’ law of the two countries is explained and the differences between these countries are dealt with.

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