Electoral Integrity in Turkey

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Emre Toros (Professor of Political Science and Dean at the Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara)

Electoral Integrity in Turkey

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Emre Toros (Professor of Political Science and Dean at the Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University, Ankara)

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Edinburgh University Press
09 April 2026

Elections & referenda; Political structures: democracy; Political corruption

Series: Edinburgh Studies on Modern Turkey

This book provides a unique framework to explain the causes and consequences of electoral problems in Turkey. Although highly illuminating, the existing studies fall short of explaining the particularities of numerous singular electoral settings. This gap is especially valid for the grey-zone regimes, which are neither clearly democratic nor conventionally authoritarian in Turkey. Establishing a historical outlook by scrutinising the elections which have taken place since the 1950s, Emre Toros identifies the challenges related to electoral integrity nested at individual and institutional levels. In this way, this book contributes to electoral integrity literature by utilising the valuable research strategies of the existing studies, proposing alternative data sources that will better understand the phenomena and, most importantly, employing a methodology that will suit both singular and comparative cases.

By: Emre Toros (Professor of Political Science and Dean at the Faculty of Communication Hacettepe University Ankara)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781474492355
ISBN 10: 1474492355
Series: Edinburgh Studies on Modern Turkey
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 09 April 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Emre Toros is a professor of Political Science and dean at the Faculty of Communication, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey. He has completed his academic studies in Turkey and abroad, including King’s College London, Malmö, Stanford and Harvard Universities. He is a student of political behaviour, and his primary interests are social research design, including data collection, processing, analysis and reporting. During his research, Professor Toros received several awards and grants, including the Swedish Institute visiting scholar grant, the British Academy Newton Advanced Scholarship Award, the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Grant and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Research Grant. His work appeared on journals including Democratization, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea, Political Research Exchange, International Journal of Forecasting and Turkish Studies.

Reviews for Electoral Integrity in Turkey

This book is a must-read for understanding the working of elections in a competitive authoritarian regime and the challenges facing Turkish democracy. Professor Toros uses rich empirical analysis, bringing together alternative data sources that complement one another to reveal a comprehensive picture of electoral integrity in Turkish multiparty elections. It is a welcome contribution to the discipline that aims to understand how elections are used to build a democratic regime. --Ali Çarkoğlu, Koç University