Regime change in the Aegean after the second world war: Reconsidering foreign influence

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.authorscopusid35090167700
dc.contributor.authorGürsoy, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:17:16Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:17:16Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIn the extant literatures in Greece and Turkey, scholars argue that the Colonels' junta of 1967 and the 1950 Turkish transition to democracy were brought about by foreign influence. This is, however, a paradox since the same Cold War international context is seen as the cause of contrary regimes in two neighboring countries that belonged to the same alliance. A comparative study of Greece and Turkey shows that external factors played a more indirect role than what many scholars maintain and altered the cost-benefit analyses of the political leaders. In Greece, American aid to the military decreased the costs of intervention. The Cold War context intensified fears that there was a leftist threat in Greece and augmented the perceived benefits and legitimacy of authoritarianism. Conversely, in Turkey, the difficulties encountered during the Second World War increased the costs of sustaining authoritarianism. The Turkish desire to be included in the Western camp during the Cold War legitimized domestic demands for democracy and increased the benefits associated with regime change. © 2009 by The Johns Hopkins University Press.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1353/mgs.0.0075
dc.identifier.endpage347en_US
dc.identifier.issn0738-1727
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77749295764en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage319en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1353/mgs.0.0075
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/6481
dc.identifier.volume27en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJohns Hopkins University Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Modern Greek Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.titleRegime change in the Aegean after the second world war: Reconsidering foreign influence
dc.typeReview Article

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