I-IV -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I. State and Society: Theoretical Approaches -- Chapter 1 State and Society in Turkish Political Experience -- Chapter 2 Political Modernization, the State, and Democracy: Approaches to the Study of Politics in Turkey -- Chapter 3 Freedom in an Ottoman Perspective -- Part II. Political Structure -- Chapter 4 The Status of the President of the Republic under the Turkish Constitution of 1982: Presidentialism or Parliamentarism? -- Chapter 5 The 1983 Parliament in Turkey: Changes and Continuites -- Part III. Political Processes and Political Actors -- Chapter 6 Political Parties and the Party System in Post-1983 Turkey -- Chapter 7 The 1983 General Elections in Turkey: Continuity or Change in Voting Patterns -- Chapter 8 Political Leadership in Turkey: Continuity and Change -- Chapter 9 The State, Politics, and Religion in Turkey -- Part IV. The Military, the State, and Politics -- Chapter 10 Military Interventions: Army-Civilian Relations in Turkey Before and After 1980 -- Chapter 11 Transition to Civilian Governments in Turkey: The Military Perspective -- Chapter 12 The Role of the Military in Turkey in the 1980s: Guardians or Decision-Makers? -- Part V. The State and Democracy -- Chapter 13 Changing Patterns of Cleavages Before and After 1980 -- Chapter 14 The Military, the Presidency, and the Constitution: A Comparative Approach to the Weimar Republic, France 1958, and Turkey 1982 -- Chapter 15 Transitions to Democracy: Turkey’s Experience in Historical and Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 16 Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- 267-268