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Turkey's Politics and Society

Turkey's Politics and Society is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 21.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the multifaceted transformation of political, social, and economic landscapes in Turkey, with a focus on the rise of the AKP, increasing authoritarianism, Islam's role in public life, Kurdish question, neoliberal policies, gender politics, nationalism, European integration, and civil society dynamics.

  • AKP
  • authoritarianism
  • Islam
  • neoliberalism
  • Kurdish question
  • democratization
  • gender politics
  • nationalism
  • Europeanization
  • civil society
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+69%
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Which countries lead Turkey's Politics and Society research?

By volume, Türkiye and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 413 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Türkiye 2.1k works
  2. 2 United States 413 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 220 works
  4. 4 Germany 154 works
  5. 5 Iraq 113 works
  6. 6 France 100 works
  7. 7 Australia 67 works
  8. 8 Iran 56 works
  9. 9 Russia 56 works
  10. 10 Canada 54 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Türkiye: 62.7%United States: 12.5%United Kingdom: 6.6%Germany: 4.6%6 others listed: 13.5%63%largest
Türkiye2,078 · 62.7%United States413 · 12.5%United Kingdom220 · 6.6%Germany154 · 4.6%6 others listed447 · 13.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Turkey's Politics and Society research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ankara University publishes the most Turkey's Politics and Society research, followed by Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University and Marmara University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 56 works
  2. 2 Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityTürkiye 54 works
  3. 3 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 53 works
  4. 4 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 51 works
  5. 5 Istanbul UniversityTürkiye 50 works
  6. 6 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 37 works
  7. 7 Sakarya UniversityTürkiye 36 works
  8. 8 Middle East Technical UniversityTürkiye 35 works
  9. 9 Koç UniversityTürkiye 34 works
  10. 10 Salahaddin University-ErbilIraq 31 works

Where is Turkey's Politics and Society research done?

The largest centres of Turkey's Politics and Society research in 2022–2025 are Istanbul (Türkiye), Ankara (Türkiye), Izmir (Türkiye) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Istanbul Türkiye 537 works
  2. 2 Ankara Türkiye 382 works
  3. 3 Izmir Türkiye 78 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 68 works
  5. 5 Paris France 63 works
  6. 6 Konya Türkiye 57 works
  7. 7 Erbil Iraq 51 works
  8. 8 Yerevan Armenia 44 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 40 works
  10. 10 Berlin Germany 38 works
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Where is the best place to study Turkey's Politics and Society?

Among universities, judged by research, Özyeğin University, Koç University and Deakin University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 28.36%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Özyeğin University: 17, 43.9%Koç University: 34, 41.4%Deakin University: 27, 29.9%Middle East Technical University: 34, 39.2%Ankara University: 56, 22.4%Sakarya University: 36, 18.2%Istanbul University: 50, 15.0%Marmara University: 53, 11.4%Istanbul Technical University: 18, 30.9%Bilkent University: 24, 31.3%Özyeğin UniversityKoç UniversityMiddle East Technica…Deakin University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Özyeğin UniversityTürkiye 82.743.9%93.3×17 +282.4%
2 Koç UniversityTürkiye 80.641.4%55.3×34 +52.1%
3 Deakin UniversityAustralia 80.629.9%14.8×27 +249.2%
4 Middle East Technical UniversityTürkiye 77.039.2%46.1×34 +36.1%
5 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 72.522.4%31.1×56 +100.5%
6 Sakarya UniversityTürkiye 70.518.2%32.2×36 +261.9%
7 Istanbul UniversityTürkiye 69.615.0%33.1×50 +154.2%
8 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 67.411.4%36.5×53 +169.0%
9 Istanbul Technical UniversityTürkiye 67.230.9%12.3×18 +94.7%
10 Bilkent UniversityTürkiye 66.231.3%52.5×24 +0.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Turkey's Politics and Society research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Turkey's Politics and Society.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.