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THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT THAT THE TURKISH PARTY SYSTEM IS UNDERGOING SIGNIFICAT CHANGE AND THAT TURKEY IS ONE OF THE FEW DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES WHICH HAS MAINTAINED A COMPETITIVE PARTY SYSTEM. IN THIS STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF MODERNIZATION AND THE PARTY SYSTEM, HE DESCRIBES ITS FORMAT AND MECHANICS, ADHERING TO SARTON'S TOPOLOGY, AND DISCUSSES INSTITUTIONALIZATION, POLARIZATION AND FRAGMENTATION.

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE FACTORS THAT MAY HELP OR HARM TURKEY'S PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION, AND THE LIGHT THAT RECENT THEORETICAL AND COMPARATIVE REFLECTION CAN SHED ON THEM. IT EXPLORES POLITICAL INSTITUTIONALIZATION, THE FRAGMENTED PARTY SYSTEM, MILITARY AND POLITICAL ELITES, ISLAMISTS AND KURDS, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A DELEGATIVE DEMOCRACY. IT ARGUES THAT TURKEY TODAY SEEMS TO OCCUPY A SECURE PLACE AMONG THE DELEGATIVE DEMOCRACIES OF THE WORLD.