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Electoral volatility in Turkey

Authors: Hazama, Yasushi;

Electoral volatility in Turkey

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ABSTRACT ELECTORAL VOLATILITY IN TURKEY Yasushi Hazama Department of Political Science and Public Administration Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya March 2004 This thesis analyzes the persistent electoral volatility in Turkey in terms of party-system institutionalization mainly during the 1961-2002 period. In order to distinguish the different vote swings underlying Turkey's electoral volatility, this study divides electoral volatility into 1) cleavage-type volatilities based on social cleavages and 2) retrospective-type volatilities based on voter punishment of the incumbent. The two types of volatilities are analyzed in two separate regression models. The results show, first, that deep social cleavages used to increase electoral volatility but since the 1990s, they began to stabilize voting behavior. The party system in Turkey has thus been recently anchored into its major social cleavages. Second, electoral volatility as a whole nonetheless remained high because of a growing trend of retrospective voting. Low economic growth and high unemployment were the major reasons for this. In sum, the apparent instability in the party system stemmed not from representation but from government. Keywords: Turkey, electoral volatility, social cleavages, retrospective voting IV

ÖZET TÜRKİYE'DE SEÇMEN OYNAKLIĞI Yasushi Hazama Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Tez Yöneticisi: Yrd. Döç. Dr. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya Mart 2004 Bu tez, Türkiye'deki seçmen oynaklığım parti sisteırıinin kurumsallaşması açısından incelemiştir. 1961-2002 dönemini kapsayarak yapılan bu çalışmada; seçmen oynaklığının, 1) toplumsal bölünmelerden ve 2) seçmenlerin hükümeti cezalandırma arzusundan kaynaklandığı varsayılarak, farklı regresyon modeleri uygulanmıştır. Çalışmanın bulgularına göre, birinci olarak, eskiden derin toplumsal bölünmeler seçmen oynaklığım artırıcı etkiye sahipken, 1990'lı yıllardan bu yana oy kayması hareketlerini yatıştırmaya başlamıştır. Böylece, Türk siyasi parti sistemi, toplumsal bölünmeleri içine sindirmeye başlamış görünmektedir. İkinci olarak, gözlemlenen bu gelişmeye karşın, seçmen oynaklığının azalmamasının nedeni, yükselme eğilimindeki tepki oyudır. Düşük ekonomik büyüme ve yüksek işsizlik, en önemli etkenleridir. Kısaca, seçmen oylanndaki istikrarsızlık, temsil sisteminden değil iktidarlardan kaynaklanmaktadır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Türkiye, seçmen oynaklığı, toplumsal bölünmeler, tepki oyu

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JQ1809.A5 H39 2004, Siyasal Bilimler, Political Science, Social cleavages, Voting research Turkey., Voting research Turkey, Voting use, Voters, Voter behaviour

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