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Authoritarian neoliberalism and the instrumentalization of the banking sector in Turkey and Hungary (2025)
Journal Article
Apaydin, F., Piroska, D., & Coban, M. K. (online). Authoritarian neoliberalism and the instrumentalization of the banking sector in Turkey and Hungary. Competition and Change, https://doi.org/10.1177/10245294251361208

This paper studies the evolution of the domestic banking sector in Hungary and Turkey where Viktor Orban and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have intervened to politically control credit allocation. We argue that both leaders have instrumentalized the banking s... Read More about Authoritarian neoliberalism and the instrumentalization of the banking sector in Turkey and Hungary.

A coalitional perspective on democratic backsliding: elite coalitions and the bureaucracy in Turkey (2025)
Journal Article
Coban, M. K., & Yesilkagit, K. (online). A coalitional perspective on democratic backsliding: elite coalitions and the bureaucracy in Turkey. Policy Studies, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2025.2530057

The rise of populism and the authoritarian shift has triggered a debate on the politics-administration nexus with a focus on the politics of democratic backsliding and the role of the bureaucracy. Recent studies have increasingly concentrated on the... Read More about A coalitional perspective on democratic backsliding: elite coalitions and the bureaucracy in Turkey.

The Global Retreat of the Regulatory State? The Populist Challenge and the Future of Regulatory Governance (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Yesilkagit, K., Papadopoulos, Y., & Coban, M. K. (2025). The Global Retreat of the Regulatory State? The Populist Challenge and the Future of Regulatory Governance

The regulatory state is under severe stress. The rise of populism, at times with authoritarian tendencies, is challenging the very fundamentals of the regulatory state and regulatory governance. Populist leaders do not simply politicize and undermine... Read More about The Global Retreat of the Regulatory State? The Populist Challenge and the Future of Regulatory Governance.

The Political Economic Sources of Policy Non-design and the Decay in Policy Capacity in Turkey (2024)
Book Chapter
Coban, M. K. The Political Economic Sources of Policy Non-design and the Decay in Policy Capacity in Turkey. In M. Morais de Sá e Silva, & A. D. Á. Gomide (Eds.), Public Policy in Democratic Backsliding: How Illiberal Populists Engage with the Policy Process (113-137). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65707-8

This chapter studies the political economic sources of policy design with a specific focus on the policy non-design and on the haphazard instrument choices in Turkey during the two overlapping crises: Covid-19 crisis and the currency crisis-induced e... Read More about The Political Economic Sources of Policy Non-design and the Decay in Policy Capacity in Turkey.

Navigating Financial Cycles: Economic Growth, Bureaucratic Autonomy, and Regulatory Governance in Emerging Markets (2024)
Journal Article
Coban, M. K., & Apaydin, F. (2025). Navigating Financial Cycles: Economic Growth, Bureaucratic Autonomy, and Regulatory Governance in Emerging Markets. Regulation and Governance, 19(1), 126-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12621

Political decisions over economic growth policies influence the degree of bureaucratic autonomy and regulatory governance dynamics. Yet, our understanding of these processes in the Global South is somewhat limited. The article studies the post-Global... Read More about Navigating Financial Cycles: Economic Growth, Bureaucratic Autonomy, and Regulatory Governance in Emerging Markets.