The impact of Turkish intervention on the Libyan crisis

Abstract

The Libyan crisis is considered one of the most prominent crises witnessed by the Arab region, given its various repercussions on security and stability in the region. The Libyan state, during the monarchy and the Gaddafi era, lacked a genuine social contract that would have rooted the concept of citizenship and led to the success of the modern state project in the country. This resulted in governance being limited to individuals, so genuine institutions were not built, and the concept of the state was absent. Therefore, the Libyan revolution quickly ended in a deep crisis, the most significant of which was a dangerous institutional division represented by the presence of a government in eastern Libya, confronted by a Government of National Accord in the west. Despite the expiration of the legal deadline for existing institutions, the political rivals have not succeeded in turning the page on divisions and agreeing on a comprehensive constitution and electoral law to proceed with general elections that would renew the expired institutions. For this reason, the researcher sheds light in this paper on the nature of the Libyan crisis and the most prominent challenges created by the fragmented political scene in order to anticipate the future paths of the Libyan situation.