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AKP and Minarchist Libertarianism
Measured distance across six axes
Opposed programmes with little shared ground. They agree within three points on CH. They diverge by eight points or more on CU, AU, SC, ID.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Justice and Development Party | Nozick, LP | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +04 | +10 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +08 | −03 | 11 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +08 | −08 | 16 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +07 | −07 | 14 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +06 | −04 | 10 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −01 | −03 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
Each axis runs from −10 to +10; the distance is the straight-line separation across all six at once, out of a maximum of 49.0. How the scoring works →
The evidence behind the widest gaps
A distance figure is worth nothing unless the scores behind it can be checked. These are the artefacts supporting the axes that separate these two most.
Justice and Development Party · CU +08
Coded +8: a religious-conservative reordering of education, public space and family policy.
- Documented act or statuteWithdrawal from the Istanbul Convention on violence against women in 2021.
- Documented act or statuteExpansion of imam-hatip religious schooling and lifting of the headscarf ban in public institutions.
Nozick, LP · CU −03
Coded −3: socially permissive by construction.
- Programme textUS Libertarian Party platform has supported drug legalisation, same-sex marriage and free expression since the 1970s.
Justice and Development Party · AU +08
Constitutional change by referendum plus mass replacement of judiciary and media after 2016.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2017 referendum replaced the parliamentary system with an executive presidency and abolished the office of prime minister.
- Documented act or statuteOver four thousand judges and prosecutors were dismissed after the 2016 coup attempt.
Nozick, LP · AU −08
Coded −8: strict constitutional limits and civil liberties.
- Programme textThe US party platform has opposed surveillance, conscription and drug prohibition since 1972.
What this comparison does not establish
Proximity means similarity of stated position. It carries no claim about competence, circumstance, scale of operation, or what either organisation actually did to the people under it. Two organisations can sit close together and produce entirely different histories, because those things are not on any axis and could not be.
AKP
2001– · Turkey
Conservative religious identity, national sovereignty, and a strong presidency claiming direct popular mandate.
Minarchist Libertarianism
1971– · United States, worldwide
A night-watchman state limited to police, courts and defence; maximum personal and economic freedom otherwise.
Distance is not the whole answer. Two organisations can sit the same distance apart for entirely different reasons, and the reason is the content of any claim about them. Open the comparison in the atlas to weight the axes yourself.
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