Political Trust in Nonconsolidated Democracies: The Turkish Case in Comparative Perspective

Consequences of Securitization Process on Internal and External Levels in Türkiye (2011-2022)

“…According to Freedom House, Türkiye recorded a significant decline in freedom indicators by obtaining 32 points (out of 100) in the Po-Open Journal of Political Science litical and Civil Rights Index, to be classified as "Not Free" after being partially free until 2017 (Turkey: Freedom in the World 2020, 2020). In 2016, Türkiye also recorded the most significant decline in the global indicators of rights and freedoms, with a decrease of 15 points (Cinar & Kose, 2020). In this context, the memories of recurrent military coups in Türkiye's recent past made it easy to frame political issues as a security threat by invoking the concern existing in the Turkish collective consciousness of the military re-involvement possibility in civilian life.…”

When and why does political trust predict well‐being in authoritarian contexts? Examining the role of political efficacy and collective action among opposition voters

“…Turkey is among the lowest ranking countries in terms of social trust, and the rate of civic participation in the form of volunteering and membership in organizations is low compared to other countries (Erdoğan, 2008). Previous research in Turkey has also indicated that interest in politics has a negative effect on political trust, as does left‐wing ideology (Cinar & Kose, 2020).…”

“…While participation in collective action has previously been associated with well-being (Dwyer et al, 2019;Vestergren et al, 2017), to our knowledge, no previous study has investigated how collective action may mediate the relationship between political trust and well-being in authoritarian contexts. In addition, political trust has mostly been measured in democratic contexts (Helliwell et al, 2020), with some research in emerging democracies (see Carlin, 2011;Catterberg & Moreno, 2006) but little to no research that we know of in authoritarian contexts (but see Cinar &Kose, 2020 andSika, 2020 for some exceptions).…”