Underrepresentative Democracy: Why Turkey Should Abandon Europe's Highest Electoral Threshold

Authors

Sinan Alkin, Washington University School of Law

Publication Title

Washington University Global Studies Law Review

Abstract

The Article focuses on the arguments for Turkey to reform its election laws for creating a better democratic system. It further suggests for the reforms in the electoral threshold by 5 percent. It concludes by providing alternatives to the current threshold which includes the systems used in other European states and those specific for Turkey.

Recommended Citation

Sinan Alkin, Underrepresentative Democracy: Why Turkey Should Abandon Europe's Highest Electoral Threshold, 10 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 347 (2011),
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_globalstudies/vol10/iss2/5