EMERGENCE OF “LEFT OF CENTER” DISCOURSE BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 1965
Abstract
The official declaration of Republican People’s Party (RPP) –which has important and long place in the Turkish History– as left of center just before the General Elections of 1965, was the beginning of RPP’s center left politics. This was also the first time that a major party in Turkey, representing itself as left wing. Although the discourse which was said before elections, caused many discussions about basis, cumulations, ideology in both inside of the party and outside of the party for about 2-3 months; can also seem as party’s democratic improvement and also 1960’s period inevitable result. The aim of this study is to investigate the reasons, historical background and introduce basis of left of center discourse which was used before General Elections of 1965.
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Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Economics
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
September 1, 2017
Submission Date
April 1, 2017
Acceptance Date
August 1, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 6 Number: 2