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In this case, the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Atatürk’s Kemalism are similar to each other, in that their plans for modernity fell short because they became distracted by their own limitations. Understanding domestic politics in this light, the EU worsens the domestic situation of modernity; it can be counterproductive, furthering societal divides and therefore also failing to deliver modernity. This argument is made through the historical examination of modernity through Kemalism, how that concept and legacy has effected the AKP and their use of modernity as a political tool, and in conjunction with those two parties, how the EU affects Turkish domestic politics. Kemalism’s lasting concept of modernity is a loaded notion and influences all other conceptions of modernity discussed in Turkey. Currently the debate exists between Kemalists, the AKP, and even the EU where each group claims to represent the path to a more modern Turkey. 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Understanding domestic politics in this light, the EU worsens the domestic situation of modernity; it can be counterproductive, furthering societal divides and therefore also failing to deliver modernity. This argument is made through the historical examination of modernity through Kemalism, how that concept and legacy has effected the AKP and their use of modernity as a political tool, and in conjunction with those two parties, how the EU affects Turkish domestic politics. Kemalism’s lasting concept of modernity is a loaded notion and influences all other conceptions of modernity discussed in Turkey. Currently the debate exists between Kemalists, the AKP, and even the EU where each group claims to represent the path to a more modern Turkey. 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