Defeating Populists: The Case of 2019 Istanbul Elections

Demiralp, Seda; Balta, Evren

doi:10.1080/13608746.2021.1923639

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“…Even ballot box victories are not always enough for opposition parties to gain office. The Erdogan regime has a history of removing elected opposition mayors from power or forcing a repeat of local elections when they lose (Demiralp and Balta 2021;Tutkal 2021).…”

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Whisper Sweet Nothings to Me Erdogan: How Economic Propaganda Works Under Authoritarianism

Öztürk¹

2022

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Most authoritarian regimes justify their rule based on economic performance. Yet, scholars are skeptical that authoritarian propaganda can increase performance evaluations. Through a case study of Turkey, combining qualitative, cross-sectional, and experimental analysis, this paper demonstrates that narrative-based economic propaganda can help electoral authoritarian regimes to preserve their support base even under difficult economic conditions. A national developmentalist narrative is central to the economic propaganda of Erdogan’s regime. I demonstrate that the belief in this narrative is widespread among regime voters, and it is strongly related to watching pro-regime media. The exposure to the developmentalist narrative improves economic evaluations among regime voters while also evoking partisan emotions. However, I do not find any effect of this narrative on other voters, demonstrating that narrative-based propaganda cannot help the regime to broaden its support base. This study contributes to the development of a cultural perspective on public opinion formation under authoritarian regimes.

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Whisper Sweet Nothings to Me Erdogan: How Economic Propaganda Works Under Authoritarianism

Öztürk¹

2022

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“…Since then, the country has gone through a process of gradual autocratization that ended with the establishment of a personalist authoritarian regime, which is similar to the ones in Russia, Venezuela, or Hungary (Cleary & Öztürk, 2022;Öztürk & Reilly, 2022). Multi-party elections for executive and legislative branches still take place in Turkey, and opposition parties have gained some important victories recently at the local level (Demiralp & Balta, 2021). Yet, Erdogan regime uses a variety of repressive and manipulative tactics to undermine electoral competition and deny opposition parties the chance to gain political power at the national level (yesil2014press; yecsil2018authoritarian).…”

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Recognition Paradox: Minority Language Recognition, Political Trust, and Ethnic Demands

Öztürk¹,

Öztürk²

2023

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Can the recognition of a minority language by the state, such as the increasing use of the minority language in state services, help the state to build political trust among its minority citizens? Or, does it rather strengthen the ethnic divisions in the country? Despite the significance of the language policy, especially in countries experiencing ongoing ethnic conflict, the empirical literature on its causal effects stay limited. In this study, we explore the effects of the minority language recognition n minority individuals' political attitudes in an authoritarian country experiencing an ongoing ethnic conflict, i.e, Turkey. We conducted a pre-registered online survey experiment, recruiting Kurdish citizens of Turkey. Our results point to a recognition paradox. While the Kurdish people living in Turkey become more satisfied with state services if these services are presented in the Kurdish language, this satisfaction does not lead to increased trust in state institutions. On the other hand, the recognition of the minority language further increases ethnic demands in language policy. We believe that our results make significant contribution to the literature on ethnic politics.

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“…The AKP was tremendously successful in achieving electoral dominance and political control, securing parliamentary majorities in 2002, 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2018, and local election victories in 2004, 2009, and 2014. These successes were consolidated through a tight grip on the media; a punishment system relying on a co-opted judiciary; and a deeply rooted patronage system that redistributes state revenues and manipulates economic rules ( Demiralp and Balta 2021).…”

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“…Perhaps even more importantly, there was a complete lack of coordination between the central government and the Metropolitan Municipalities. The opposition scored a dramatic success in the 2019 municipal elections against the ruling AKP, which lost control of major cities, including Ankara and Istanbul ( Demiralp and Balta 2021). The COVID-19 crisis provided the opposition mayors with a golden opportunity to demonstrate their capacity to govern competently.…”

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Populists and the Pandemic

Rennó¹,

Ringe²

2022

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Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals.The responses of some populist leaders have received much public attention as they denied the severity of the public health crisis, denigrated experts and data, looked for scapegoats, encouraged protests, questioned the legitimacy of liberal institutions, spread false information, and fueled conspiracies. But how widespread are those particular reactions? How much variation is there? What explains the variation that does exist? This volume considers these questions through critical analysis of countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa by leading experts with deep knowledge of their respective cases. Some chapters focus on populist parties, others on charismatic populist leaders. Some countries examined are democracies, others autocracies. Some populists are left wing, others right wing. Some populists are in government, others in opposition. This variation allows for a panoramic consideration of factors that systematically influence or mediate populist responses to the pandemic. The book thus makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the intersection between two of the most pressing social and political challenges of our time.The book will be of interest to all those researching populism, extremism, and political parties and those more broadly interested in political science, public policy, sociology, communications, and economics.

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Defeating Populists: The Case of 2019 Istanbul Elections

Cited by 26 publications

References 59 publications

Whisper Sweet Nothings to Me Erdogan: How Economic Propaganda Works Under Authoritarianism

Whisper Sweet Nothings to Me Erdogan: How Economic Propaganda Works Under Authoritarianism

Recognition Paradox: Minority Language Recognition, Political Trust, and Ethnic Demands

Populists and the Pandemic

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