Reuben Silverman on the rise and fall of Turkey's Democrat Party

Reuben Silverman on “The Rise and Fall of Turkey's Democrat Party: The Cold War and Illiberalism, 1945–60” (Cambridge University Press). Today's AKP government is often placed in the lineage of the Democrat Party, in power for 10 years before being overthrown in a coup in 1960. But as the book shows, the line from the Democrat Party to today is "neither as straight nor as flattering as Erdogan would have it be". Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack . Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, transcripts of every interview, and links to articles related to each episode.

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Reuben Silverman on the rise and fall of Turkey's Democrat Party is an episode from Turkey Book Talk by William Armstrong.

This episode is 41:44 long.

This episode was published on Dec 9, 2025.

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