ERMENİSTAN KOMÜNİST PARTİSİ’NİN İKTİDARINDA ERMENİSTAN’DA SEÇİM PROPAGANDASI

Abstract

Ermenistan Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyeti’nde (ESSC) Ermeni halkının vatandaşlık hakları Sovyet anayasaları çerçevesinde belirlenmiştir. Sovyetler Birliği’nde yürürlükte olan anayasa temelinde Ermeni halkının seçim hakkını kullanması da Komünist Parti’nin gölgesinde gerçekleşmiştir. ESSC’de Sovyetler Birliği Komünist Partisi’nin (SBKP) bir kolu olan Ermenistan Komünist Partisi’nin (EKP) öncülüğünde seçimlere gidilmiş ve bu dönemde hazırlanan propaganda posterleri üzerinden Ermeni halkının seçimlere katılması teşvik edilmiştir. Çalışma; ESSC’de seçim konulu propaganda posterlerini inceleyerek, EKP’nin iktidarı altında seçim propagandasında verilen mesajların ortaya koymayı amaçlamıştır. Bu amaçla çalışma kapsamında EKP’nin iktidarı altında seçim propagandasında kullanılan posterler, ABD’li göstergebilimci Charles William Morris’in göstergebilim kavramları üzerinden analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada elde edilen bulgularda, seçim posterlerinde Komünizm ideolojisini benimseyen ve Vladimir Lenin düşünceleri doğrultusunda oy kullanan Ermenilerin, idealize edilen Ermeni vatandaşları olarak sunulduğu ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Posterler üzerinden Sovyet anayasasının verdiği sınırlı yetki çerçevesinde Ermeni halkının seçimlere katıldığı belirlenmiştir. Diğer yandan seçim konulu propaganda posterleri üzerinden Ermeni kamuoyunda komünist ideolojinin ve rejimin yüceltilmeye çalışıldığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Sonuç olarak çalışmada EKP iktidarındaki seçim propagandasının Ermeni halkının seçimlerde komünist rejim tarafından onaylanan adayları desteklemesi sağlanarak, Ermeni kamuoyunda rejimin meşrulaştırılmasına çalışıldığı ortaya çıkarılmıştır.

Keywords

• Ermenistan
• Propaganda
• Komünist Parti
• Seçim
• Komünizm

THE ELECTION PROPAGANDA IN ARMENIA UNDER THE RULE OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNIST PARTY

Abstract

In the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR), the citizenship rights of the Armenian people were determined within the framework of the Soviet constitutions. The use of the right to vote by the Armenian people on the basis of the constitution in force in the Soviet Union was also realized in the shadow of the Communist Party. Elections were held in the ASSR under the leadership of the Communist Party of Armenia (CPA), a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and the Armenian people were encouraged to participate in the elections through propaganda posters prepared during this period. This study aimed to reveal the messages given in the election propaganda under the power of the CPA by examining the election-themed propaganda posters in the ASSR. For this purpose, within the scope of the study, the posters used in election propaganda under the power of the CPA were analyzed through the semiotic concepts of the US semiotician Charles William Morris. In the findings obtained in the study, it was revealed that the Armenians, who adopted the communist ideology and voted in line with the ideas of Vladimir Lenin, were presented as idealized Armenian citizens in the election posters. On the basis of the posters, it was determined that the Armenian people participated in the elections within the framework of the limited authority given by the Soviet constitutions. On the other hand, it was concluded that the communist ideology and regime were tried to be glorified in the Armenian public opinion through the election-themed propaganda posters. As a result, it was revealed in the study that the election propaganda under the CPA government tried to legitimize the communist regime in the Armenian public opinion by ensuring that the Armenian people supported the candidates approved by the regime.

Keywords

• Armenia
• Propaganda
• Communist Party
• Election
• Communism

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