A tale of two mayors: Courts and politics in Iran and Turkey

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-275

  Shambayati, Hootan ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOVEREIGNTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

EID: 2942578974     PISSN: 00207438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020743804362057     Document Type: Article

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