Demokrat Partinin Ekonomi Politikası: Kuram ve Uygulamanın İkircikli Yapısı

Year 2016, Issue: 76, 245 - 268, 01.06.2016

Gülsen Kaya Osmanbaşoğlu

Abstract

Türk merkez sağının ekonomi algısı ile ilgili genel kanı, bu partilerin politika ve söylemlerinde büyük ölçüde liberal bir eğilim içinde olduklarını varsayar ki bu varsayım bir nebze eleştirel bakmayı hak etmektedir. Özellikle Anavatan Partisi dönemiyle birlikte liberalleşen trende rağmen, merkez sağın toy temsilcisi olan Demokrat Parti söylem ve politik ekonomiyi ele alış bakımından ikircikli bir yapı göstermektedir. Demokrat Parti’nin 1950-1960 yılları arasındaki ekonomi politikasını parti programı, hükümet programları ve uygulanan politikalar açısından analiz ederek; bu çalışma, DP’nin aslında mükellef bir liberal anlayışın oldukça gerisinde kaldığına işaret etmektedir. Bununla birlikte, parti, Kemalist dünya görüşünün yok saydığı çıkarların çeşitliliğine dair görüşü değiştirmiş, aynı zamanda ekonomiye kendiliğinden kıymetli bir mesele olarak öncelik vererek, çeşitli ortaklıklar kurmaya başlamıştır.

Keywords

Demokrat Parti, politik ekonomi, liberalizasyon, ekonomik kalkınma, klientalizm, Türk merkez sağı

Political Economy of the Democrat Party: A Dual Employment of Theory and Practice

Abstract

A common idea related to Turkish center right parties’ perception of economy presumes that these parties are to a large extent liberal in their policy making processes and discourses – an argument which deserves a little critical thinking on. Despite the considerably liberalized trend especially from the period of the Motherland Party onwards, the naïve agent of the center right, namely the Democrat Party, indicated a duality related to the discourse and employment of political economy. Analyzing the economic policy of DP through their party programme, government programmes and the implemented policies of the DP governments between 1950-1960, this paper argues that the DP in fact lagged behind a full-fledged liberal framework. Nevertheless, the party considerably changed the Kemalist worldview on the non-existence of a variety of interests in the society and began to build partnerships through prioritizing economics as significant ex mero motu

Keywords

Democrat Party, political economy, liberalization, economic development, clientelism, Turkish center-right

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