A Comparative Analysis of Populist Regimes in Pakistan and Turkey

Abstract

Populist governments are mainly driven by economic setbacks, traditional rivalries with their political opponents and authoritarian political strategies to overcome any potential challenge to their legitimacy. In this context, the government of Imran Khan in Pakistan and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey are two distinct case studies whose regimes have adopted a populist posture in their political practices. This research by focusing on these two case studies, primarily highlights that what happens when populists are in power? Secondly, this paper intends to explain that how populist discourse over shadowed their governance and political communication. Despite the fact that they have large leadership following but their political oratory has failed to build a national resolve for the common masses.