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The September 12, 2010 referendum on the constitution brought among other issues, Turkish big business and its social, political, and economic position to the fore. While the referendum pitted the mildly Islamic Justice and Development Party (JDP) government of Tayyip Erdoğan, which sought to change the constitution of 1982, against the secularist state elite and Kemalist middle classes, who saw in the referendum another ploy to erode the power of the secular establishment, there was also much discussion on the position that large capital owners took. The reason their position and their main voluntary organization—the Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD)—became a center of attention during the referendum was because of the association’s decision to maintain a neutral stance.
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Yavuz, D. (2012). Conflict, Democratic Reform, and Big Business: Factors Shaping the Economic Elite’s Position for Change. In: Turam, B. (eds) Secular State and Religious Society. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137010643_8
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