The volume sheds light on the backsliding process of Turkish democratization from the 2010s until 2018, the book analyses data collected through a nationally representative survey of Turkish voters during the 2018 elections and data available by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) in a pre-and post-election panel design.
The volume sheds light on the backsliding process of Turkish democratization from the early 2010's until 2018. In addition to historical contextualization, the book analyzes data collected through a nationally representative survey of Turkish voters during the 2018 elections and data available by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) in a pre-and post-election panel design.
A more centralized administration of elections that are directly under the control of the central government brought reliability of election results as well as the free and fair nature of the elections in question. Mobilization efforts of the parties, as well as the varying degree of influence of the economy, appear to have simultaneously influential over the vote choices. Yet another factor of potency in shaping the vote choices was the longer-term effects of ideology, conservative values, and hence the party identification.
Through the 2018 elections in Turkey, the book provides an excellent glimpse into the dynamics of Turkish politics, society and culture. Targeting students and scholars of Middle Eastern and North African politics, the book is a key resource for any readers interested in the political developments of Turkey, comparative politics, and voting behavior.
1. Introduction Ali Çarkolu and Ersin Kalaycolu
2. A New National
Legislative Election System? An Assessment of the Breakdown of Consensus on
the Administration of Elections Ersin Kalaycolu
3. Politics as (Un)Usual?
An Overview of the June 2018 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in
Turkey Mert Moral
4. The Story of Electoral Alliances Mert Moral
5. A
Text-as-Data Study of Political Communication in the 2018 Turkish Elections
Ali Çarkolu and Fatih Erol
6. Consequences of Popular Perceptions of
Electoral Integrity: The Experience of Turkey, 2007-2018 Ali Çarkolu
7. The
Economic Vote in the 2018 Turkish General Election Selim Erdem Aytaç
8.
Kulturkampf and Voting Behavior in Turkey: A Key to Turkish Party Politics?
Ersin Kalaycolu
9. Voter Mobilization in the 2018 Turkish General Election
Selim Erdem Aytaç and Özge Kemahlolu
10. Party Identification and Vote
Choice in Turkey Ersin Kalaycolu
11. Public Opinion, and Foreign Affairs in
the National Elections of June 24, 2018 in Turkey Ersin Kalaycolu
12.
Conclusion Ali Çarkolu and Ersin Kalaycolu
Ali Çarkolu is a professor of political science at Koç University, stanbul. He received his Ph.D. at the State University of New York-Binghamton in 1994. His areas of research interest include voting behaviour, elections, public opinion and party politics in Turkey. He co-authored/edited 12 volumes and 62 articles, including The Rising Tide of Conservatism in Turkey (2009) and Fragile bur Resilient? Turkish Electoral Dynamics, 20022015 (2021) (both co-authored with E. Kalaycolu).
Ersin Kalaycolu is a Political Scientist at Sabanc University, Istanbul. He specializes in political representation and participation, in which he published internationally. His main publications include Turkish Dynamics (2005), The Rising Tide of Conservatism in Turkey (2009), and Fragile bur Resilient? Turkish Electoral Dynamics, 20022015 (2021) (both co-authored with A. Çarkolu) as well as 13 other books and 95 articles.
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