The Republican People’s Party’s Antalya Members’ Perspective on Inner-Party Democracy and Oligarchy

Year 2018, Volume: 18 Issue: 37, 63 - 87, 07.05.2018

Caner Erdoğan

https://doi.org/10.25294/auiibfd.420802

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Robert
Michels identified in his book “Political Parties” written in 1911 that German
Social Democrat Party had promised democracy to people at election campaigns
but democracy hadn’t been able to enabled inner-party, and he resulted that
real democracy is impossible, oligarchy is indispensable in all organizations
(especially socialist/social democrat parties) exceptionally with his say “who
says organization, says oligarchy” in his theory defined as “the Iron Law of
Oligarchy”. Within
this study, a pool was carried out with 1.204 Republican People’s
Party’s members at Antalya scale, their opinions has been revealed about inner-party democracy and oligarchy. It is resulted
that, according to the members, Michels’s opinion of “exceptionally
indispensability of oligarchy and impossibility of real democracy is valid in
all organizations” is valid in the Republican People’s Party at Antalya scale.

Keywords

Robert Michels, the Iron Law of Oligarchy, the Republican People’s Party, Inner-Party Democracy, Oligarchy

Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’nin Antalya Üyelerinin Parti İçi Demokrasi ve Oligarşiye Bakış Açısı

Abstract

Robert
Michels 1911 yılında yazdığı “Siyasal Partiler” eserinde Alman Sosyal Demokrat
Parti’nin seçim kampanyalarında halka demokrasi vaat ettiğini, ancak parti
içinde demokrasinin geçerli kılınamadığını tespit etmiş, Oligarşinin Demir
Kanunu olarak tanımladığı kuramında “kim örgütten bahsediyorsa, oligarşiden
bahsediyordur” sözü ile istisnasız tüm örgütlerde (özellikle sosyalist/sosyal
demokrat partilerde) gerçek demokrasinin imkansız, oligarşinin kaçınılmaz
olduğu sonucuna varmıştır. Bu çalışma ile Antalya ölçeğinde 1.204 CHP üyesi ile
anket yapılmış, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’nde parti içi demokrasi ve oligarşiye
ilişkin görüşleri ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılmıştır. Michels’in “istisnasız tüm
örgütlerde oligarşinin kaçınılmaz ve gerçek demokrasinin imkansız olduğu”
görüşünün üyeler nezdinde Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi açısından Antalya ölçeğinde
geçerli olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. 

Keywords

Robert Michels, Oligarşinin Demir Kanunu, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Parti İçi Demokrasi, Oligarşi

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