Şerif Mardin

How would the sociological transformation that Turkey has been going through under the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) administration result in over the long-term?

Şerif Mardin, a well-known Turkish sociologist and political scientist, passed away aged 90 on Sept. 6 in Istanbul.
        
Mardin had been under treatment at a private hospital, according to Istanbul's Şehir University, where Mardin was a Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
      

'National Elections in Turkey: People, Politics, and the Party System' by F. Michael Wuthrich (Syracuse University Press, 341 pages, $49)