Sabri Sayarı is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Sabancı University in İstanbul, Turkey. He has published extensively on parties and party systems, political clientelism and patronage, and political violence.Pelin Ayan Musil is Senior Lecturer of Politics at Anglo-American University and a Research Fellow at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in the Czech Republic. Her research interests include political parties and democratization.Özhan Demirkol is Assistant Professor at Ömer Halisdemir University in Niğde and visiting researcher at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research interests include factionalism, new party formation, party system change, and party finance.

• Introduction, Pelin Ayan Musil & Özhan Demirkol 1. The Study of Party Politics in Turkey, Sabri Sayari Part I: Professionalization of Political Parties 2. Party Membership and Political Participation in Turkey, Gülgün Erdoğan Tosun, Tanju Tosun and Yusuf Can Gökmen 3. Changing Media, Party Campaign Strategies, and the Politics of Turkish Elections in Comparative Perspective, F. Michael Wuthrich 4. Financing Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns in Turkey, Ömer Faruk Gençkaya 5. Assessing the Level of Party Cartelization in Contemporary Turkey, Pelin Ayan Musil Part II: Intra-Party Politics and Political Competition 6. Factional Conflicts and Party Splits in Turkey, Özhan Demirkol 7. Municipal Control as Incumbency Advantage: An Analysis of the AKP Era, Özge Kemahlıoğlu and Elif Özdemir 8. Social Profiles of Local Party Elites in Turkey, Gülnur Kocapınar 9. Theories of Coalition Government Formation and Party Politics in Turkey, Arda C. Kumbaracıbaşı 10. Social Conflicts and Politicized Cleavages in Turkey, Hasret Dikici Bilgin 11. Political Perceptions of Party Voters and Members in Turkey, Yüksel Alper Ecevit and Ödül Celep 12. Party System Institutionalization and Democratic Consolidation: The Case of Turkey, Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi

Sabri Sayarı is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Sabancı University in İstanbul, Turkey. He has published extensively on parties and party systems, political clientelism and patronage, and political violence.Pelin Ayan Musil is Senior Lecturer of Politics at Anglo-American University and a Research Fellow at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in the Czech Republic. Her research interests include political parties and democratization.Özhan Demirkol is Assistant Professor at Ömer Halisdemir University in Niğde and visiting researcher at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research interests include factionalism, new party formation, party system change, and party finance.

• Introduction, Pelin Ayan Musil & Özhan Demirkol 1. The Study of Party Politics in Turkey, Sabri Sayari Part I: Professionalization of Political Parties 2. Party Membership and Political Participation in Turkey, Gülgün Erdoğan Tosun, Tanju Tosun and Yusuf Can Gökmen 3. Changing Media, Party Campaign Strategies, and the Politics of Turkish Elections in Comparative Perspective, F. Michael Wuthrich 4. Financing Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns in Turkey, Ömer Faruk Gençkaya 5. Assessing the Level of Party Cartelization in Contemporary Turkey, Pelin Ayan Musil Part II: Intra-Party Politics and Political Competition 6. Factional Conflicts and Party Splits in Turkey, Özhan Demirkol 7. Municipal Control as Incumbency Advantage: An Analysis of the AKP Era, Özge Kemahlıoğlu and Elif Özdemir 8. Social Profiles of Local Party Elites in Turkey, Gülnur Kocapınar 9. Theories of Coalition Government Formation and Party Politics in Turkey, Arda C. Kumbaracıbaşı 10. Social Conflicts and Politicized Cleavages in Turkey, Hasret Dikici Bilgin 11. Political Perceptions of Party Voters and Members in Turkey, Yüksel Alper Ecevit and Ödül Celep 12. Party System Institutionalization and Democratic Consolidation: The Case of Turkey, Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi

Sabri Sayarı is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Sabancı University in İstanbul, Turkey. He has published extensively on parties and party systems, political clientelism and patronage, and political violence.Pelin Ayan Musil is Senior Lecturer of Politics at Anglo-American University and a Research Fellow at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in the Czech Republic. Her research interests include political parties and democratization.Özhan Demirkol is Assistant Professor at Ömer Halisdemir University in Niğde and visiting researcher at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research interests include factionalism, new party formation, party system change, and party finance.

• Introduction, Pelin Ayan Musil & Özhan Demirkol 1. The Study of Party Politics in Turkey, Sabri Sayari Part I: Professionalization of Political Parties 2. Party Membership and Political Participation in Turkey, Gülgün Erdoğan Tosun, Tanju Tosun and Yusuf Can Gökmen 3. Changing Media, Party Campaign Strategies, and the Politics of Turkish Elections in Comparative Perspective, F. Michael Wuthrich 4. Financing Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns in Turkey, Ömer Faruk Gençkaya 5. Assessing the Level of Party Cartelization in Contemporary Turkey, Pelin Ayan Musil Part II: Intra-Party Politics and Political Competition 6. Factional Conflicts and Party Splits in Turkey, Özhan Demirkol 7. Municipal Control as Incumbency Advantage: An Analysis of the AKP Era, Özge Kemahlıoğlu and Elif Özdemir 8. Social Profiles of Local Party Elites in Turkey, Gülnur Kocapınar 9. Theories of Coalition Government Formation and Party Politics in Turkey, Arda C. Kumbaracıbaşı 10. Social Conflicts and Politicized Cleavages in Turkey, Hasret Dikici Bilgin 11. Political Perceptions of Party Voters and Members in Turkey, Yüksel Alper Ecevit and Ödül Celep 12. Party System Institutionalization and Democratic Consolidation: The Case of Turkey, Şebnem Yardımcı-Geyikçi