Professor Ergun Özbudun is a Professor of Constitutional Law at Bilkent University and member of Venice Commission.Ömer Faruk Gençkaya is a professor of Political Science and country evaluator at COE-GRECO.

"A significant analysis of the origin, policies, and impacts of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Özbudun and Hale's arguments about secularism and the military are the most remarkable of several important points they develop. The authors successfully explore the dynamics of constitution writing and amending in Turkish political history. Özbudun and Genckaya ephasize the need for further substantial amendments, if not an entirely new Constitution, as part of Turkey's democractization process."

• Introduction, Chapter 1. The History of Constitution-Making in Turkey, Chapter 2. Initial Changes, 1987–1995, Chapter 3. Constitutional Amendments under EU Conditionality 1998–2006, Chapter 4. Harmonization Packages and Other Legislative Reforms, Chapter 5. EU Conditionality and Democratization Process in Turkey, Chapter 6. The Constitutional Crisis of 2007–2008 and the Search for a New Constitution, Conclusion, Appendix 1. Checklist on the Status of Legislative Changes in the Political Criteria Section of the 2001 and 2003 National Program for the Adoption of the Acquis, Appendix 2. Laws Adopted by the EU Harmonization Packages, Index

Professor Ergun Özbudun is a Professor of Constitutional Law at Bilkent University and member of Venice Commission.Ömer Faruk Gençkaya is a professor of Political Science and country evaluator at COE-GRECO.

"A significant analysis of the origin, policies, and impacts of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Özbudun and Hale's arguments about secularism and the military are the most remarkable of several important points they develop. The authors successfully explore the dynamics of constitution writing and amending in Turkish political history. Özbudun and Genckaya ephasize the need for further substantial amendments, if not an entirely new Constitution, as part of Turkey's democractization process."

• Introduction, Chapter 1. The History of Constitution-Making in Turkey, Chapter 2. Initial Changes, 1987–1995, Chapter 3. Constitutional Amendments under EU Conditionality 1998–2006, Chapter 4. Harmonization Packages and Other Legislative Reforms, Chapter 5. EU Conditionality and Democratization Process in Turkey, Chapter 6. The Constitutional Crisis of 2007–2008 and the Search for a New Constitution, Conclusion, Appendix 1. Checklist on the Status of Legislative Changes in the Political Criteria Section of the 2001 and 2003 National Program for the Adoption of the Acquis, Appendix 2. Laws Adopted by the EU Harmonization Packages, Index