After umit cizres edited volume secular and islamic politics in turkey the making of the justice and development party and arda kumbaracibasis turkish politics and the rise of akp both from routledge 2009 islamism democracy and liberalism in turkey by william hale and ergun ozbudun is the third book to appear within the last . The justice and development party akp were elected to power in 2002 and since then turkish politics has undergone considerable change this book is a comprehensive analysis of the akp in terms not just of its ideological agenda but also of its social basis and performance in office in the main theatres of public policy political reform and cultural economic and foreign policies . Islamism democracy and liberalism in turkey the case of the akp by william hale and ergun ozbudun. Routledge studies in middle eastern politics 10 kemalism in turkish politics the republican peoples party secularism and nationalism sillal ciddi 11 islamism democracy and liberalism in turkey the case of the akp william hale alld ergul ozbudull 1i1 islamism democracy and liberalism in turkey the case of the akp william hale and ergun . Islamism democracy and liberalism in turkey the case of the akp chapter 8 the akp and the turkish economy routledge studies in middle eastern politics routledge london and new york 99 118 c oecd 2012 oecd economic surveys turkey overview oecd paris july