GÖÇMENLERE KARŞI TUTUMLARIN PARTİ TERCİHLERİNE ETKİSİ: TÜRKİYE ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

2011’de Suriye İç Savaşı’nın başlamasıyla bugüne kadar Türkiye’ye göç eden 3 milyon 750 bin civarındaki sığınmacı ile birlikte Türkiye siyasetinde göçmenlere karşı tutumlar da araştırılmaya başlanmıştır. Önceki çalışmalar göçmenlere karşı tutumların çeşitli boyutlarını analiz etmiş olsa da bu tutumların parti tercihlerine etkisi diğer ülkelere kıyasla Türkiye’de daha az çalışılmış bir konudur. Amaç: Bu çalışma 2018 yılında toplanan Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (2019) verisini kullanarak Türkiye’de göçmenlere karşı tutumların parti tercihine olan etkisini nicel yöntemler ile analiz etmektedir. Yöntem: Göçmenlere karşı tutumların parti tercihine etkisi farklı lojistik regresyon modelleri ile yapılan analizlerle ölçülmüştür. Kontrol değişkenleri olarak Türkiye siyasetinde daha önceden çalışılmış dindarlık ve sol-sağ düzlemindeki konum gibi merkez-çevre teorisine dayanan ve ekonomik oy verme davranışını ölçen değişkenler ile demografik değişkenler kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Sonuçlar göstermektedir ki göçmenlere karşı olumsuz tutumlar arttıkça İyi Parti’ye oy verme olasılığı artarken, AK Parti’ye oy verme olasılığı azalmaktadır. Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’ne oy verme tercihi ile göçmenlere karşı tutumlar arasında sadece demografik değişkenlerle kontrol edildiğinde olumlu bir ilişki varken, dindarlık ve seçmenin sol-sağ düzlemindeki konumu ile birlikte kontrol edildiğinde ise bu etki istatistiksel olarak anlamsızlaşmaktadır. Son olarak ekonomik değerlendirmeler de regresyona eklendiğinde göçmenlere karşı tutumların parti tercihine etkisi tüm modellerde istatistiksel olarak anlamsız hale gelmektedir. Özgünlük: Veri setindeki diğer ülkeler ile kıyaslandığında Türkiye’de göçmenlere karşı olumsuz tutumlar oldukça yüksekken bu tutumların parti tercihini belirlemede zayıf kalması yanıtlanması önemli bir soru olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır.

Keywords

• göçmen karşıtı tutumlar
• parti tercihi
• oy verme davranışı
• türkiye
• iyi parti

THE EFFECTS OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS ON PARTY PREFERENCE: THE CASE OF TURKEY

Abstract

The immigration of around 3.750 million refugees to Turkey since 2011 due to the Syrian Civil War has raised questions about the attitudes toward immigrants in Turkey. Although previous studies have analyzed various dimensions of attitudes towards immigrants, the effect of these attitudes on party preference is relatively understudied in Turkey compared to other countries. Purpose: This study analyzes the effect of attitudes towards immigrants on party preference in Turkey using the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (2019) dataset collected in 2018 using quantitative methods. Methodology: Different logistic regression models were established to test the impact of attitudes towards immigrants on party preference. Based on the previous studies on Turkish politics that measure party preference, the center-periphery cleavage (religiosity and self-positioning on the left-right spectrum), economic voting, and demographic variables are included as control variables in the regression models. Findings: The results illustrate that as negative attitudes towards immigrants increase, the probability of voting for the Good Party increases while voting for the AK Party decreases. While there is a positive relationship between the voting for the Republican People's Party and anti-immigration after controlling for demographic variables, this effect becomes statistically insignificant when controlled for religiosity and self-positioning on the left-right spectrum. Finally, when economic evaluations are included in the regression, the effect of attitudes towards immigrants on party preference becomes statistically insignificant in all models. Originality: In Turkey, negative attitudes towards immigrants are pretty high compared to other countries in the dataset. However, the weak effect of anti-immigration on party preference emerges as an essential question to be analyzed.

Keywords

• anti-immigration attitudes
• party preference
• voting behavior
• turkey
• good party

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