http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220510-182359-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/de-akpification/ De-AKPification - How to Treat AKP-Operatives in a Post-AKP Turkey Tecimer, Cem eng 2022-05-10 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 AKP Constitutional restoration Erdogan Judiciary Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Opinion polls by Turkey’s reputable polling firms consistently indicate that the governing AKP and its de facto coalition partner, the far-right nationalist MHP, are losing their popularity and heading to a potential defeat in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections of 2023. As an anti-AKP victory, or at least the real possibility thereof, draws near day by day, a vital question arises: how should opposition forces treat AKP operatives in the judiciary and bureaucracy? Is it possible to “de-AKPify” ex- or soon-to-be-ex-AKP operatives?