{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"News","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news","title":"Tracking democracy in Turkey","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4T2iP8mvPs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/tracking-democracy-in-turkey\/\">Tracking democracy in Turkey<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/tracking-democracy-in-turkey\/embed\/#?secret=4T2iP8mvPs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Tracking democracy in Turkey&#8221; &#8212; News\" data-secret=\"4T2iP8mvPs\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/kadir-yildirim-2.jpg","thumbnail_width":192,"thumbnail_height":255,"description":"Until very recently, Turkey represented the state of the art in the Middle East and the Muslim world as far as democracy is considered. But as the expectation was building for the final push of democratization with a new constitution centered on liberties and pluralism following the 2011 parliamentary elections, reforms were stalled and hopes of a new constitution were left unfulfilled. Furman political science professor Kadir Yildirim, a native of Turkey, wrote about the nation\u2019s latest democratic efforts in an op-ed for The Greenville News."}