Drawing on the language of reform, appeals to state continuity, emphasis on political party landscape, and selective outreach to once-excluded groups, Bahçeli advocates for a restructured authoritarian order rooted in bureaucratic control rather than charismatic dominance.

The rising domination of intelligence within the security landscape in the last ten years is a step towards the first dimension. Yet, one still needs to address issues such as succession, ideology, and institutional coherence.

My impression is that regime actors differ on what this would look like in practice. At the heart of the matter is the question of how to maintain an authoritarian order rooted in bureaucratic control rather than charismatic dominance.

These parallel processes concern gifting Erdogan at least another term, recalibrating the political landscape, and shifting the organising principles of state-society relations: consolidating the presidential system.