IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
Abstract
It examines political change in Turkey under the leadership of Recep Tayyip
Erdogan during his premiership from 2002 to 2014 in order to present
the portrait of Erdogan as a political leader. The interactive approach was
employed to structure this analysis. In line with this approach, external and
internal resources on Erdogan’s leadership are utilised. External resources
are considered with regard to institutional and non-institutional aspects.
The non-institutional resources referred to the main characteristic of socio-
economic condition of the state and relationship with the political regime
and its secular representatives
