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

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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.

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Democracy, Election law, Law reform, Voting, Court of Justice of the European Communities

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Sinan Alkin (Washington University School of Law)

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