How to struggle with exclusionary right-wing populism: evidence from Turkey

Erçetin, Tuğçe; Boyraz, Cemil

doi:10.1080/13510347.2022.2115031

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“…(Cumhuriyet,2017) Turkish political life witnessed various populist strategies throughout the AKP rule, which started in Türkiye with its seizure of power in 2002. However, after the 2010 referendum and 2013 Gezi Park protests, within the framework of centralized power, Erdoğan's populism began to gain an exclusionary character, and this exclusion became more acute with the AKP-MHP alliance (Gürsoy, 2021:171;Erçetin and Boyraz, 2023). With this alliance, Turkish political life began to witness various strategies and discourses of exclusive right-wing populism.…”

Section: The Establishment and Consolidation Of The Akp: Right-wing P...mentioning

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Sağ Popüli̇zm Ve Sol Popüli̇zm: Türk Si̇yasal Si̇stemi̇nde İtti̇faklarin Çatişmasi

MEYDAN

2023

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This study aims to investigate the effects of right and left-wing populism before the 2023 elections on the Turkish Political System. In this direction, the study argues that the People's Alliance, formed with the AKP-MHP alliance, has adopted right-wing populism and the Nation Alliance, which was established in partnership with four opposition parties (CHP-İYİP-SP-DP) and currently expanding to six opposition parties (CHP-İYİP-SP-DP-DEVA-GP), adopted left-wing populism. In line with the findings obtained in the study, it is argued that the 2019 elections are actually a “clash of alliances” and thus right-left populism. Accordingly, the study describes the 2019 elections as a "limited" success for left-wing populism. Considering that the alliances have increased their discourse and strategies in the last period, the article describes the 2023 elections as the “real clash of alliances”, and argues that the election result revealed that although a significant rise in left populism is observed, right-wing populism is dominant in Turkish politics. For now, right axis of populism is the winner in Turkish Political System.

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Section: The Establishment and Consolidation Of The Akp: Right-wing P...mentioning

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Sağ Popüli̇zm Ve Sol Popüli̇zm: Türk Si̇yasal Si̇stemi̇nde İtti̇faklarin Çatişmasi

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2023

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“…Much of the scholarly literature agrees on a broad transformation of the RPP including a shift from an assertive/rigid secularist stance to an inclusive/soft one (Angeletopoulos and Areteos, 2021;Ciddi and Esen, 2014;Erçetin and Boyraz, 2023;Şen and Yenigün Altın, 2019), though some are suspicious of the prospects of replacement of old themes and goals (Boyraz, 2020;Dündar and Taylan, 2017). Kılıçdaroğlu's personal role in attempting to turn the RPP into a catch-all party freed from its "ideological rigidity" is highlighted as a major factor (Gürpınar, 2022;Uysal, 2011;Wuthrich and Ingleby, 2020;Yavuz and Öztürk, 2023).…”

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Party Change in the Post-Secular Age: The Case of Republican People’s Party in Turkey

ÖZDİKMENLİ ÇELİKOĞLU

2023

Yönetim Ve Ekonomi Dergisi

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The Republican People's Party (RPP) of Turkey is currently the main opposition party against the ruling Justice and Development Party (JDP). While the RPP has usually been identified with a “rigid” understanding of secularism, the party has been experiencing a process of ideational change for more than a decade under the leadership of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. This study aims to describe and explain the party’s shift to a “softer” version of secularism. Under the light of party change literature, one internal and two external factors are identified. The impact of leadership change, the internal factor, is examined with reference to major strategic and ideational changes initiated by Kılıçdaroğlu. The first major external stimulus is the global and local hegemony of post-secularism, which refers to the idea and practice of a new balance between citizenship and difference, allowing a greater space for religious arguments and images in the public sphere. The second is the transition to presidential system in Turkey, which both forced and facilitated the RPP’s search for electoral alliances with conservative parties in a personalized winner-takes-all game. It is claimed that these factors have made the RPP reassess the effectiveness of its commitment to classical secularism in meeting the renewed party goal of vote maximization. Reverse pressures on the party will also be examined in the article, with an aim of foreseeing the RPP’s leaning in the near future. Key Words: Republican People’s Party, Secularism, Post-Secular Society, Party Change JEL Classification: Z1, D72, Y80

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The role of the opposition in autocratisation: the case of Turkey

Korkmaz

2024

Third World Quarterly

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How to struggle with exclusionary right-wing populism: evidence from Turkey

Cited by 5 publications

References 66 publications

Sağ Popüli̇zm Ve Sol Popüli̇zm: Türk Si̇yasal Si̇stemi̇nde İtti̇faklarin Çatişmasi

Sağ Popüli̇zm Ve Sol Popüli̇zm: Türk Si̇yasal Si̇stemi̇nde İtti̇faklarin Çatişmasi

Party Change in the Post-Secular Age: The Case of Republican People’s Party in Turkey

The role of the opposition in autocratisation: the case of Turkey

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