Toygar Sinan Baykan of Kırklareli University on "The Justice and Development Party in Turkey: Populism, Personalism, Organization" (Cambridge University Press). The book is based on in-depth interviews with over 50 members at various levels of Turkey's ruling AKP, giving an intimate glimpse of its internal dynamics and how it benefits from the country's various socio-cultural divides.

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