How to capture the judiciary under the guise of EU-led reforms: domestic strategies of resistance and erosion of rule of law in Turkey
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2022
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The recent backsliding in judicial independence and erosion of rule
of law in Turkey follow the findings of the existing literature which
already informed us about the pathological effects and unintended
consequences of the external promotion of the EU conditions. Yet,
we know little about the domestic strategies of the governments
that enable them to capture the judiciary under the guise of EU-led
reforms. This article argues that the frequent and ad hoc institutional changes demanded and funded by the EU and readily
adopted by the political elites open a window opportunity for the
consolidation of patronage networks within the judiciary system.
This is achieved by the adoption of formal and informal domestic
strategies of resistance – formal readoption, staff politicization and
intimidation & bribery – remaking, distorting, and when necessary,
reversing EU-led reforms in a way that enables governments to take
control of the high judicial bodies and capture them from within.
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EU, Rule of Law, Judiciary Capture, Turkey, Resistance, Politicization
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Soyaltin-Colella, D. (2022). How to capture the judiciary under the guise of EU-led reforms: domestic strategies of resistance and erosion of rule of law in Turkey. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 1-22.
