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The AK Party and the Politics of Healthcare in Turkey in the Last Decade

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This chapter investigates the role of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in the healthcare reform in Turkey. The chapter examines how and to what extent the AK Party exerted its influence on the content of the reform, tackled the political conflicts throughout the reform process, made the reform politically possible and benefited politically from the outcomes of the reform.

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  1. Graduate Program in Social Policy, Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Yılmaz, V. (2017). The AK Party and the Politics of Healthcare in Turkey in the Last Decade. In: The Politics of Healthcare Reform in Turkey. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53667-5_6

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