title: The nature of Turkish authoritarianism; 1934-1945
abstract: This dissertation is a thematic analysis of the single-party years of the Turkish Republic.Turkey was a single-party state between 1925 and 1945 which was ruled by the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi -RPP).The "eternal chief" of the party, Mustafa Kemal Atatrk also served as a strong President accountable to none until his death in 1938.From that point on, smet nn, a close associate and long-time Prime Minister of Atatrk held these positions.RPP and its chiefs promoted the not
journal: SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London)