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The Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) more than 13 years rule has ushered in a debate as to whether the AK Party has become a “dominant party” and if so, whether Turkey is experiencing a new type of party system, a dominant-party system. In this article, we first attempt to denote the terms ‘dominant party’ and ‘dominant-party system,’ and...

The context of and the meaning conferred upon the local elections led it to be fought in a referandum-like atmosphere. Prior to the March 30 local elections, various scenarios put forward both for the governing AK Party and the opposition parties, which largely remained unfulfilled on the elections day. As the local elections is over, a sound analy...

Although a lot has been said about the Gezi protests, analyses of the events consistently failed on two particular issues. First, in their efforts to analyze the dynamics behind the protests, analysts failed to distinguish the immediate triggers of the demonstrations from the more rooted causes of discontent. Second, the diverse and transforming ma...

Bu çalışma, Gezi eylemlerinin sürdüğü dört şehirdeki (İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Eskişehir) eylemcilerle gerçekleştirilen birebir derinlemesine mülakatların analiz edilmesine; eylemler süresince ve eylemler epey sönümlenmişken eylemler hakkında üretilen söylemin siyasal bir değerlendirmeye tabi tutulmasına; siyasi partilerin eylemlere ilişkin söylem...

MHP’nin 12 Eylül 2010 referandumunda ‘Hayır’ tutumunu benimsemesi, İç Anadolu’daki seçmeninin bir kısmında ciddi rahatsızlıklar oluşturdu. MHP’nin ülkücü değerlere sahip seçmeni, partinin ‘Hayır’ kararını eleştirerek, referandumu destekleyeceğini duyurdu. Bu rahatsızlık ve tartışmanın kamuoyuna açık bir şekilde dillendirilmesi, pek çok soruyu günde...

On July 15, 2016, Turkey witnessed the most bloody military coup attempt in its history, and for the first time it was repulsed by the resistance of society, political actors, and state institutions. In the two years since then, instead of examining this attempt from the perspective of Turkey's military coup traditions or civil-military relations l...

The general and presidential elections of 24 June 2018 in Turkey were one of the most important elections in the modern history of the country in many ways. First of all, the elections were based on a series of new regulations that would shape the voters’ attitudes. Also, the elections were a systemic prerequisite for the newly established presiden...

In the last week of May 2013, a series of mass demonstrations began in Taksim Square, Istanbul, and quickly spread all over Turkey. The demonstrations were initiated by a group declaring their opposition to the removal of some trees as part of an urban modernization project in the city centre. A severe security intervention triggered massive reacti...

The Gezi protests were one of the most striking social-political developments in Turkey in recent years. The Gezi protests triggered serious social fault lines, which will continue to occupy Turkey’s social-political agenda in the future. What had started in late May 2013 as a protest against The Taksim Square Pedestrianization Project of Gezi Park...

Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Cumhuriyet’in en eski partisi olmanın yanı sıra 2010 yılından itibaren içerisine girdiği değişim süreci itibariyle de parlamenter siyasetin en genç aktörü konumundadır. Deniz Baykal’ın istifası ve Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’nun CHP Genel Başkanı olmasıyla başlayan süreçte gündeme gelen “siyaset arayışı”, partideki yeni yönetici kom...

The political squabbling between 4 major Turkish political parties; AK Party, CHP, MHP and BDP are gradually increasing through the upcoming 12 June 2011 general elections. The heat of the discussions is closely related with the significant role of the upcoming elections. The election results will directly affect the futures of these political part...

The constitutional referendum of September 2010 was a historic moment and a milestone in modern Turkey’s democratization journey. Serving as the public’s “final say” on the question of democracy in Turkey and paving the way for a new civilian constitution, the referendum will have far-reaching consequences for civil-military relations, independence...

CHP Genel Başkanı Deniz Baykal’la ilgili internet sitelerine düşen görüntüler, CHP’nin ve siyasetin gündemini bir anda değiştirdi. Deniz Baykal, CHP Genel Başkanlığından istifa etti; CHP’nin yetkili organlarının desteğini arkasına alan Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu genel başkanlık için adaylığını ilan etti ve 33. Olağan Kurultayda CHP’nin yeni Genel Başkanı o...

Bugüne kadar, Türk siyasal yaşamında Kürtlüğe referansla siyaset yapan birçok parti kuruldu. Halen varlığını sürdüren birçok parti bulunuyor. Ancak bu partilerin hiçbirisi, hem zamana dayanıklılık hem de tabandan destek bulma anlamında, DTP ile temsil edilen siyasal gelenek kadar etkili olamadı. DTP’nin selefi olan Kürt siyasal hareketinin temsilci...

The Kurdish question in Turkey has a long history which was viewed within the framework of nation building, integration and underdevelopment until it was perceived as a security issue with the emergence of the PKK in the 1980s. During the 1990s, dominated by the security perspective, the scope of the question was reduced to terrorist acts alone und...

Cumhuriyetin kuruluşundan beri Türkiye’nin bir Kürt meselesi hep var olageldi. Önceleri, ağırlıklı olarak entegrasyon ve geri kalmışlık kaygılarıyla ele alınan bu sorun, 1980’lerden itibaren, PKK’nın ortaya çıkmasıyla bir güvenlik sorunu olarak ele alınmaya başlanmıştır. Böylece terör örgütü, Kürt sorununun karmaşık dinamiklerini unutturan bir işle...

Keywords: Discource, Communicative action, Hegemony, Consensus, Conflict, Deliberative democracy, Agonistic democracy, Liberal democracy. Thesis (M.S.)--Middle East Technical University, 2002.